Afternoon dust storm activity was sparse across most of Mars during the past week. Exceptions were a local-scale dust storm observed over northern Amazonis Planitia, as well as, a dust haze that continued over Aonia and latitudes south of 60°S latitude. Equatorward, condensate clouds were observed northeast of Hellas, south of Solis Planum, and near Valles Marineris. Orographic condensate (water-ice) clouds… [More at link, including video]
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