You know it had to happen sooner or later! After six years of performing valuable scientific research on the planet Mars, the Spirit Rover has found it’s final parking spot. On January 26, 2010, NASA designated the once mobile robot a “stationary science platform.”
Take a look at this image of the surface Mars. Can you guess what may have caused the gracefully arcing and curling lines? For a while, scientists were unable to untangle the mystery. Turns out that the dark tracings were caused by spinning columns of rising air – better known as dust devils.