The dust devil was about 210 feet wide, NASA said, but likely didn't last long after consuming the smaller whirlwind.

At the time, Perseverance's science team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California was using the rover to study and understand the forces at play in Mars' atmosphere. Dust devils ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover spotted a large dust devil (on the right) consuming a smaller, fainter twister (on the left in the foreground). NASA / JPL-Caltech / LANL / CNES / CNRS / INTA-CSIC ...

"If two dust devils happen upon each other, they can either obliterate one another or merge, with the stronger one consuming the weaker." NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured a giant dust devil ...

NASA's Perseverance rover filmed a small dust devil (forward ... "These mini-twisters wander the surface of Mars, picking up dust as they go and lowering the visibility in their immediate area." ...