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Dust-devil tornadoes have swirled around Mars rover Curiosity during its time on the planet's surface, its weather-watching instrument reports. The nuclear truck comes equipped with the Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS) that has spotted transient whirlwinds in the Gale Crater on Mars. Boffins have looked at REMS' …

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  1. bharq
    Mushroom

    blast the devil with your laser canons!

    that's what I would do if my nuclear tank was under attack...

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: blast the devil with your laser, canons!

      I didn't know that Catholic ministers were typically equipped with lasers these days...

      Whatever next?

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    2. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: blast the devil with your laser canons!

      Laser cannons? Gee, all I every had was Rocket Launchers. And the BGF, of course.

      (I loved the fundies getting excited about Doom - YOU ARE KILLING THE DEMONS YOU TWITS!)

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  2. Phil O'Sophical Silver badge
    Coat

    Surprised by mini-tornadoes in the *Gale* crater? Like, D'uh!

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  3. Dan Paul
    Devil

    "Dorothy" Gale to be exact

    We're not in Kansas anymore Toto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  4. Stevie

    Aiee!

    Invisible Martian dust devils that go *the wrong way*???

    Aiee!

    Look to the skies! The cylinders are coming!

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  5. Graham Marsden
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    What's that noise...?

    Sounds like Ulla! Ulla!

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  6. Dodgy Geezer Silver badge
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    It's starting to get like the shuttle...

    ... You remember? After the tenth flight or so? When the novelty had worn off, and they were looking for experiments from nursery schools to take up in a vain attempt to 'reconnect with the public'?

    Now we're expected to get excited about the winds in a crater being from a direction they didn't expect....

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    1. Beachrider
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      Re: It's starting to get like the shuttle...

      Do you think that this isn't with doing, or are you noting that some advances look trivial?

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