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The weather patterns of Mars this past week did not deviate much from that of the previous weeks. Dust hazes over the high southern latitudes continued to waft near the remaining seasonal south polar ice cap. Focusing on the northern … Continue reading →

Martian dust-lifting activity continued to be uneventful this past week as spring and fall transitioned to southern hemisphere summer and northern hemisphere winter. Dust hazes persisted over the southern high latitudes for most of the week. The area known as … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

Dust-lifting activity was fairly typical for this time of martian season. In the southern hemisphere, repeated dust activity over southern Aonia contributed to a cloud of dust further to the west. Dust hazes were also observed over the southern portions … Continue reading →

Martian weather this past week was little changed from the previous week. A larger diffuse dust cloud persisted at high south latitudes throughout the week. The cloud was sustained by daily, local dust storms coming north from the seasonal south … Continue reading →

For the past week on Mars, local-scale storm activity over Aonia and Sirenum led to murky conditions along the retreating seasonal south polar ice cap edge. Looking a bit further north, a couple short-lived isolated dust storms were spotted over … Continue reading →

Last week on Mars, dust-lifting activity over the northern hemisphere was relatively sporadic. Local-scale dust storms were observed over Amazonis and Deuteronilus. Looking to the southern hemisphere, repeated dust-lifting activity was spotted near the Mountains of Mitchel. This activity stretched … Continue reading →

Local dust storms continued along the receding seasonal south polar ice cap edge this past week. Meanwhile, on the other side of the red planet, transient dust storms just south of the north polar hood were observed over Deuteronilus and … Continue reading →