-
Recent Posts
Tags
Aeolis Mons Arizona State University ASU atmosphere Bagnold Dunes Beautiful Mars Cape Tribulation channels craters Curiosity dunes dust Endeavour Crater Gale Crater High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment HiRISE Malin Space Science Systems Marathon Valley MARCI Mars Color Imager Mars Exploration Rover Mars Odyssey Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Science Laboratory mass wasting MER Mount Sharp MRO MSL MSSS Murray Formation NASA Naukluft Plateau Opportunity Pahrump Hills sand dunes Stimson Formation storms THEMIS Themis Image of the Day Thermal Emission Imaging System University of Arizona volcanics weather windArchives
Links
general
mission instruments
- CRISM: Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars
- CTX: Context Camera
- HiRISE: High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
- MARSIS: Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding
- SHARAD: Shallow Radar
- THEMIS: Thermal Emission Imaging System
missions
- All Mars missions list
- ExoMars
- InSight
- Mars 2020 Rover
- Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN)
- Mars Exploration Rovers (MER)
- Mars Express (MEX)
- Mars Odyssey
- Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) / Mangalyaan
- Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
- Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
news
Tag Archives: wind
Tornado-like winds from impacts scoured surface
Plumes of vapor generated by ancient impacts on Mars created tornado-like winds possibly swirling at more than 500 miles per hour, which explain mysterious streaks seen near large impact craters on the Martian surface. In looking at NASA images of … Continue reading
MARCI weather report, May 8-14, 2017
Short-lived local-scale dust storms continued to sweep over the southern high-latitudes of Mars this past week. In the northern plains, a mix of water-ice clouds and transient dust storms continued along the margin of the seasonal north polar ice cap, … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, haze, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather, wind
Comments Off
MARCI weather report, April 24-30, 2017
Dust-lifting activity over southern Sirenum and Aonia swelled into a regional-scale dust storm this past week. The storm swept northeast to southern Argyre where it waned and stretched out towards Hellas. Meanwhile, on the other side of the red planet, … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, haze, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather, wind
Comments Off
MARCI weather report, April 17-23, 2017
The red planet continued to display dust-lifting and water-ice clouds along the seasonal north polar ice cap edge this past week. The plains of Chryse and western Amazonis also experienced a local-scale dust storm or two in the second half … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, haze, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather, wind
Comments Off
MARCI weather report, April 10-16, 2017
For the past week on Mars, local-scale dust storms continued to develop over the southern high-latitudes. During that time, small short-lived dust storms were observed moving eastward over the seasonal north polar ice cap edge, which are typical this time … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, haze, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather, wind
Comments Off
MARCI weather report, April 3-9, 2017
Dust-lifting activity increased over the southern high-latitudes of Mars this past week. Southern Sirenum and Aonia encountered repeated local-scale dust storms. Focusing on the northern hemisphere, long arcuate-shaped dust storms advanced over Deuteronilus and Utopia, just south of the seasonal … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, haze, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather, wind
Comments Off
THEMIS: Swirling dunes in Charlier Crater
THEMIS Image of the Day, April 6, 2017. This VIS image shows part of the large sand sheet with surface dune forms on the floor of Charlier Crater in Terra Sirenum. The complex pattern in the dune crests may result … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Charlier Crater, dunes, Mars Odyssey, NASA, sand dunes, sand sheets, THEMIS, Themis Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, wind
Comments Off
MARCI weather report, March 27-April 2, 2017
The weather on Mars this past week was fairly typical for this time of season. Small short-lived dust storms swept eastward along the seasonal north polar ice cap edge. Looking a bit further south, a couple of local-scale dust storms … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, haze, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather, wind
Comments Off
THEMIS: Sand sheet in Cimmeria crater
THEMIS Image of the Day, March 30, 2017. Today’s VIS image shows a sand sheet with surface dune forms on the floor of an unnamed crater in Terra Cimmeria. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
Posted in Reports
Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, dunes, Mars Odyssey, NASA, sand dunes, sand sheet, Terra Cimmeria, THEMIS, Themis Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, wind
Comments Off
MARCI weather report, March 20-26, 2017
Dust-lifting activity on Mars this past week was relatively uneventful compared to that of the previous weeks. Skies above Noachis continued to clear up as dust from the recent regional storm settled out of the atmosphere. Local-scale dust storms continued … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, haze, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather, wind
Comments Off