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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 →

Sporadic storm activity continued in the southern mid-to-high latitudes of Mars last week. In the low latitudes, condensate water-ice clouds were prevalent over eastern Meridiani, Elysium, and the Tharsis bulge. To the north, fleeting dust storms and water-ice clouds continued … Continue reading →

Several arcuate shaped storms were observed along the receding seasonal north polar cap edge this past week on Mars. One dust cloud generated by a storm was transported northward across the perennial north polar cap. At southern mid-latitudes, sporadic dust-lifting … Continue reading →

Last week on Mars, afternoon condensate water-ice clouds became more abundant over the regions between Meridiani and Olympus Mons. An arcuate dust storm was observed along the edge of the seasonal north polar ice cap. On the other side of … Continue reading →

For the past week on Mars, water-ice clouds and dust storms continued to propagate eastward along the seasonal north polar ice cap edge. The receding ice cap edge has now defrosted away to around 63°N latitude. In the equatorial latitudes, … Continue reading →

The red planet displayed dust storms and diffuse water-ice clouds over the southern highlands for the past week. Further towards the pole, the south polar hood was developing as the seasons progressed. Looking more northward to the low latitudes, water-ice … Continue reading →