Continued large-scale dust activity over the Acidalia storm-track and northern plains of Mars this past week. The dust storm over Chryse, mentioned in the previous week still had some momentum as it lofted clouds of dust over eastern Valles Marineris and western Arabia / Meridiani. To the east, dust lifting over the northern plains dipped southward over Utopia making for murky conditions over the plains of Isidis. Focusing on the southern hemisphere, several small transient dust storms were observed near the edge of the defrosting seasonal south polar ice cap. A number of small dust storms… [More at link, including video]
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