MARCI weather report, Dec 26, 2016-Jan 1, 2017

The red planet continued to display sporadic dust activity this past week. Dust storms associated with the north polar hood were spotted over the northern landforms of Tempe, Deuteronilus, and Alba Patera. Further equatorward, the plains of Chryse and Amazonis also experienced a local-scale dust storm or two. Relatively clear conditions over the southern highlands, as only a handful of dust hazes were spotted poleward of ~63°S. Condensate water-ice clouds were scattered over Cimmeria, Tyrrhena, and Syria but persisted over Arsia Mons, the southernmost volcano of the… [More at link, including video]