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Dust storm activity was relatively more calm this past week on Mars. As the south polar hood continued to develop, another pulse of dust lifting activity occurred northwest of Argyre and extended into Valles Marineris. A local scale dust storm … Continue reading →

During the past week, the large dust storm north of Deuteronilus noted previously had quickly dissipated. In the southern hemisphere, dust storms were observed over Aonia and western Argyre. This activity later reached into Valles Marineris and obscured the canyon … Continue reading →

For the past week on Mars, dust storms and diffuse water-ice clouds were spotted north of the developing south polar hood. Meanwhile, on the other side of the red planet, a long reaching dust storm occurred over Arcadia. Towards the … Continue reading →

A slight uptick in dust lifting activity was observed last week on Mars. Small local storms were spotted over Solis and areas north of Argyre at the beginning of the week. Dust activity reached into the eastern canyons of Valles … Continue reading →

Diffuse water-ice cloud activity continued in the equatorial latitudes this past week as the aphelion cloud-belt developed. Each sol, dust activity and optically thick water-ice clouds were observed along the receding north polar ice cap edge. In the southern hemisphere, … Continue reading →

Last week on Mars, afternoon condensate water-ice clouds were abundant over the western hemisphere’s topographic highs. Further south, dust storms and diffuse water-ice clouds continued to develop along the northern boundary of the south polar hood. A large transient dust … Continue reading →

For the past week on Mars, condensate water-ice clouds and dust storms continued to propagate eastward along the seasonal north polar ice cap edge. Further south, in the equatorial latitudes, diffuse water-ice clouds were spotted over Tempe, Alba Patera, Elysium, … Continue reading →