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As is typical for the Northern Spring / Southern Autumn season on Mars, condensate water-ice clouds, associated with the aphelion cloud-belt, dominated the skies at equatorial latitudes last week. Small short-lived dust storms were observed over Meridiani and northwest of … Continue reading →

Last week on Mars, a north polar arcuate shaped dust storm was observed dipping southward over Acidalia. Condensate water-ice clouds, associated with the developing aphelion cloud-belt, dominated the afternoon equatorial skies. Looking to the southern hemisphere, small amounts of ground … Continue reading →

Afternoon water-ice clouds associated with the aphelion cloud-belt were more abundant for the past week on Mars. Dust-lifting activity near the northern polar ice cap led to murky conditions over Acidalia and the plains westward to those of Arcadia. Looking … Continue reading →

Scattered water-ice clouds across the equatorial regions of Mars this past week. Looking towards the western hemisphere, a large regional storm occurred over the northern plains at the beginning of the week. This storm quickly dissipated into a diffuse dust … Continue reading →

Weather conditions were relatively unchanged from last week. A small dust lifting event was spotted over the plains of Elysium. Dust haze and water-ice clouds were observed along the edge of the defrosting north polar ice cap throughout the week. … Continue reading →

For the past week on Mars, afternoon water-ice clouds across the equatorial regions continued to linger over high elevation terrain. A small short-lived dust lifting event was observed over Hesperia Planum. Looking to the north, a couple dust lifting events … Continue reading →

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 →