MARCI weather report: January 23-29, 2017

For the past week on Mars, local-scale dust storms continued to sweep down the Acidalia storm-track. Some of these small magnitude storms lofted dust towards Valles Marineris and northwestern Noachis. The plains of Amazonis, Utopia, and near the Phlegra Montes also experienced repeated short-lived dust storms. Looking to the southern hemisphere, a number of small transient dust storms were spotted near the edge of the perennial south polar ice cap. Dust hazes were also observed in the vicinity of the large impact basin… [More at link, including video]