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First MAVEN science data released

Posted on June 5, 2015 by rburnham

The first release of some of the early MAVEN science data is now available on the NASA Planetary Data System site: https://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/subscription_service/SS-20150603.shtml [More at link]

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MARCI weather report, May 25–31, 2015

Posted on June 3, 2015 by rburnham

Last week on Mars, dust lifting in southern Noachis surged into a regional dust storm. The storm quickly subsided into a dust cloud after a couple of sols and spread westward south of Hellas. Other local dust storms occurred in … Continue reading →

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MARCI weather report, May 18–24, 2015

Posted on May 27, 2015 by rburnham

For the past week on Mars, local dust storms and water-ice clouds continued to be observed along the seasonal north polar ice cap edge, as well as northern Amazonis and the Phelgra Montes. The southern highlands of Sirenum, Cimmeria, and … Continue reading →

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MARCI weather report, May 11-17, 2015

Posted on May 20, 2015 by rburnham

There was a small uptick in local storm activity in the southern high latitudes of Mars last week. These transient storms were observed in the southern areas of Sirenum, Noachis, and Promethei. Local dust storms and optically thick water-ice clouds … Continue reading →

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United Arab Emirates’ 2020 orbiter will probe Martian atmosphere’s dynamics

Posted on May 15, 2015 by rburnham

The UAE has unveiled its plan to send an unmanned probe to Mars in 2021 to study the atmosphere of the Red Planet. The first Arab space probe to Mars has been named Al Amal, or ‘Hope’, and will create … Continue reading →

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MARCI weather report, May 4-10, 2015

Posted on May 13, 2015 by rburnham

Continued calming was the main story for the weather on Mars for the past week. A diffuse dust cloud over Noachis continued to wane for the first few sols, ultimately fading away by mid-week. A couple small pulses of dust … Continue reading →

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Curiosity’s Martian sunset

Posted on May 13, 2015 by rburnham

Curiosity used its Mast Camera (Mastcam) to record the sunset during an evening of skywatching on April 15, 2015. The imaging was done between dust storms, but some dust remained suspended high in the atmosphere. The sunset observations help researchers … Continue reading →

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MARCI weather report, April 27-May 3, 2015

Posted on May 6, 2015 by rburnham

The equator-crossing regional dust storm mentioned last week continued to propagate south into northern Argyre and northern Aonia. Eventually, the lifting subsided by mid-week, leaving a diffuse dust cloud that dispersed eastward over Noachis and Merdiani and westward towards Solis. … Continue reading →

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MARCI weather report: April 20-26, 2015

Posted on April 29, 2015 by rburnham

Over the past week, increased dust- lifting activity occurred in the northern hemisphere of Mars. Local scale dust storms were observed over Elysium, Utopia, Amazonis, northern Alba Patera, and the Phlegra Montes in the beginning of the week. This activity … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Dust devil tracks

Posted on April 29, 2015 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, April 29, 2015. This VIS image shows a multitude of dust devil tracks. The dark linear marks record where the dust devil was in contact with the surface and removed dust revealing the darker suface … Continue reading →

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