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Martian weather remained quite active last week. Several small polar storms developed into a regional dust storm over the northern plains. Local-scale storms were observed along the seasonal south polar cap edge from Sirenum to Cimmeria. Looking to the mid-to-low … Continue reading →

Dusty conditions across much of the martian southern highlands last week. Several short-lived local-scale dust storms were observed along the seasonal south polar ice cap edge, while another storm north of Argyre pushed northeast into Valles Marineris. Dust lofted by … Continue reading →

Numerous dust storms occurred over the southern highlands of Mars last week. Similar to activity mentioned in the previous report, dust lifting over Solis and north of Argyre pushed equatorward towards Valles Marineris. Focusing further south, repeated local-scale dust storms … Continue reading →

Continued local-scale dust storm activity across many parts of Mars this past week. Noachis Terra and eastern Aonia saw multiple here today gone tomorrow type of dust storms. North of Aonia, dust-lifting activity spotted over Solis lofted dust northward into … Continue reading →

There was an uptick in dust storm activity this past week, which is typical for this time of season. The Acidalia storm from last week had dissipated by mid-week. Northern Utopia and areas near the sands of Olympia were sites … Continue reading →

Towards the end of last week, dust lifting activity was spotted over the plains of northeast Acidalia and northwest Arcadia. Looking to the equatorial latitudes of Mars, the aphelion cloud belt continued to dominate the skies each afternoon. Among these … Continue reading →

At the beginning of the week, the aphelion cloud belt dominated the skies over the tropics of Mars. Condensate water-ice clouds were also spotted further north above Tempe, Alba, Acidalia, and Deuteronilus. Looking to the southern highlands, small short-lived dust … Continue reading →

Last week, martian water-ice clouds occurred along the tropics and over the plains north of Tempe. The plains of Acidalia encountered some dusty weather as dust hazes lingered for a couple sols at the beginning of the week. The southern … Continue reading →

Widespread water-ice cloud activity continued above many equatorial regions as well as areas north of Tempe Terra. Near the middle of the week, a couple of small short-lived dust storms were observed over northwestern Acidalia Planitia. Meanwhile in the southern … Continue reading →