11. Martian dust devils are legit, but not in the way you think.
Summertime on Mars means high temperatures of 68ºF during the day and low temperatures of -130ºF at night. These balmy temperatures can result in electrified dust devils roaming the surface of Mars! While they resemble the dust devils we have on Earth, they’re much more impactful.
These monster formations are roughly ten times larger than any tornadoes that occur on Earth. They can be many kilometers high and hundreds of meters wide. Dust and red sand whip around at more than 70 miles an hour, reducing the visibility to zero. Although the atmospheric pressure on Mars is low and would cause the wind to be light, a person or object on Mars would be significantly impacted if hit by a high-speed dust devil. Also, the dust devils on Mars have an electric charge, making them even more dangerous. You could potentially see up to half a dozen dust devils during a Martian summer during an afternoon.