NASA caught a 1.2 mile-high Martian dust devil on camera and scientists say it's way bigger than whirlwinds on Earth

• NASA's Perseverance rover captured a 1.2-mile-high dust devil on Mars on camera.
• The whirlwind was about 200 feet wide and moving at about 12 mph, the space agency said.
• Scientists say dust devils on Mars are much stronger than those on Earth. 

NASA's Perseverance rover caught a 1.2-mile-high Martian dust devil on camera that scientists say is way bigger than whirlwinds on Earth.

The space agency released a short video showing the bottom portion of the dust devil rollicking along the western rim of Mars' Jezero Crater, NASA wrote in a press release.