MARCI weather report, December 11-17, 2017

Last week, a couple of small transient dust storms were spotted near the edge of the north polar cap, which had already reached its perennial configuration. Looking further south to the tropics, the aphelion cloud belt continued to be the prominent weather feature. Small dust lifting events were observed over Solis Planum and near Margaritifer Terra in the second half of the week. Elsewhere in the southern highlands, the plains… [More at link, including video]