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The major regional dust storm mentioned in the previous week continued westward over Noachis. It combined with a small local-scale dust storm near the south polar ice cap edge and expanded further westward to the Argyre impact basin. After reaching … Continue reading →

Continued large-scale dust activity over the Acidalia storm-track and northern plains of Mars this past week. The dust storm over Chryse, mentioned in the previous week still had some momentum as it lofted clouds of dust over eastern Valles Marineris … Continue reading →

Dust storms and water-ice clouds associated with the developing north polar hood prevailed over Mars last week. Another large-scale dust storm propagated southward over Utopia, kicking up dust in Isidis and western Elysium. Further to the west, dust-lifting activity over … Continue reading →

Dust storm activity increased over the northern hemisphere of Mars this past week. A large-scale dust storm over Utopia swept eastward to the Phlegra Montes and Arcadia. Towards the end of the week, an arcuate-shaped dust storm pushed southward into … Continue reading →

Last week on Mars, several scattered transient dust storms were observed along the edge of the receding seasonal south polar ice cap, which extended to around 61°S latitude. On the other side of the red planet, dust storms and haze … Continue reading →

During the past week, no major regional-scale dust storms raged across the red planet. However, smaller-scale, local storms were abundant along the seasonal south polar and over the northern plains. Water-ice clouds continued to dominate the afternoon skies over tropical … Continue reading →

Continued extensive dust-lifting over the northern plains this past week with storms dipping southward to Deuteronilus and the Phlegra Montes. Dust storms along the receding seasonal south polar ice cap edge were small, short-lived, and sporadic in Sirenum and Noachis. … Continue reading →

A slight lull in southern hemisphere dust storm activity for the past week on Mars. A couple small transient dust storms were spotted over Cimmeria and Noachis. Focusing a bit further equatorward, dust haze, lifted from the previous week’s activity, … Continue reading →