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Funny how there seems to be neither dust on landing or take-off.

• pferde 6y ago
  It may have something to do with the fact that Mars' atmosphere is very, very thin (I think they mentioned it's 1% density of Earth's), so there are much fewer particles hitting the ground and pushing the dust, compared to e.g. a small hobby drone taking off here on Earth. I'm sure there was some dust thrown up in the air, but probably not enough to be seen against the background.
  • Cthulhu_ 6y ago
    Conversely, plenty of dust was blown around during the landing of the rover, but that was mostly from the rocket engines' exhausts.
• sevencolors 6y ago
  It's probably a video issue, this preview video only has a few frames per second i'm guessing. As we see it pop up and then it's back on the ground
• thelean12 6y ago
  Beyond the video issue, I wonder if a bunch was already blown up during the test spins before the main flight.