Yes, Ronald's idea is sound, as airflow around an irregularly shaped rock can indeed accelerate it while inducing vertical currents, thus magnifying the effect of the wind.

The idea of static is key, too, particularly if combined with the rock idea. Is there any way to alternatively charge the panel's surface positively, getting rid of the positively charged dust, then negatively to get rid of the negatively charged dust?

I would think that simply grounding one side of the power leads to the physical ground might do the trick, if that's at all possible.

If not, would it be possible to beam a half-wave (or diode rectified), tightly focused, and very intense EM signal towards it to charge the panels? It would require a LOT of power, but something might be doable.

(The greenies will hate this next one, but here goes...): Could it be possible to detonate a nuke in a way that generates an EMP without frying ground-based electronics and focus/direct it's energy towards Mars? By the time it arrived, it wouldn't be very powerful, but it might be enough to increase the static field on the panels to charge the dust and create a repelling force.

Alternatively, I know there are portable EMP devices that can take out entire cities like Las Vegas because I saw it in Ocean's 11, so it MUST be true.

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