Dust storm activity continued along the seasonal south polar ice cap edge of Mars this past week. Northern portions of Sirenum, Solis, Noachis, and Cimmeria also experienced some local-scale dust-lifting activity. A large dust storm, propagated eastward over the plains of Arcadia during the beginning of the week, but subsided just a few sols later over Acidalia. In the extratropics and tropics, diffuse afternoon water-ice clouds… [More at link, including video]
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