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Tag Archives: atmosphere
MARCI weather report: February 2-8, 2015
For the past week on Mars, the weather has been relatively calm in the southern hemisphere and more active in the northern hemisphere. A local dust storm in Tempe Terra was observed in the beginning of the week. Dusty conditions … Continue reading
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MARCI weather report: Jan 26-Feb 1, 2015
Weather conditions for the past week on Mars continued to show characteristics that resemble previous martian years. In the beginning of the week, local dust storms were observed in northern Amazonis and east of Alba Patera. Small dust lifting events … Continue reading
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MARCI weather report: January 19-25, 2015
The weather on Mars this past week was fairly typical for this time of season. The seasonal south polar ice cap continued to defrost, with small local dust storms along the cap edge contributing to the hazy conditions over Aonia. … Continue reading
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MAVEN: Deep dips into atmosphere to begin soon
MAVEN will begin first ‘deep dip” campaign on February 10th. MAVEN’s primary mission includes five 5-day “deep-dip” campaigns, in which the periapsis (lowest point in the orbit) is lowered from about 93 miles (150 km) to about 77 miles (125 … Continue reading
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MARCI weather report: January 12-18, 2015
Atmospheric conditions on Mars were typical for early southern summer. Diffuse dust hazes were present north of the south polar cap edge, particularly in the mid-latitude regions of Sirenum and Noachis. Afternoon diffuse water ice clouds were present over Arsia … Continue reading
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MARCI weather report: January 5-11, 2015
Mars displayed typical weather patterns and features this past week as spring and fall transitioned to southern hemisphere summer and northern hemisphere winter. Five sols before the martian solstice (January 11, 2015), a local dust storm was observed in Chryse. … Continue reading
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MARCI weather report: December 29-January 4
Last week on Mars, a local scale dust storm was observed originating out of western Elysium tracking southward towards Gale Crater. After reaching and partially obscuring Gale Crater, the storm quickly abated. The Curiosity rover in Gale Crater experienced elevated … Continue reading
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THEMIS: Olympus Mons false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, January 5, 2015. The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, atmosphere, calderas, color, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Olympus Mons, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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MARCI weather report: December 22-28, 2014
The weather on Mars for the past week showed common characteristics for this time of martian year. The large dust cloud over Aonia and Sirenum, generated from local storms along the seasonal south polar cap, continued to spread westward early … Continue reading
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MARCI weather report: December 15-21, 2014
During the past week, the cross equatorial storm that was observed previously had tracked eastward across northern Noachis, eventually dissipating northwest of Hellas. Arsia Mons, the southernmost volcano of the Tharsis Montes continued to experience cloudy conditions each afternoon. Meanwhile, … Continue reading
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