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Last week, as the southern autumn/ northern spring seasons progressed on Mars, dust storms were kicked-up at mid-to-high southern latitudes. During this time, the northern plains experienced eastward propagating water-ice clouds and dust storms as the seasonal ice cap continued … Continue reading →

For the past week on Mars, continued dust lifting events occurred in the southern highland regions. Meanwhile, on the other side of the red planet, a couple dust storms were spotted along the edge of the northern springtime ice cap. … Continue reading →

There was an uptick of dust activity in the southern highlands this past week. Dust lifting in Sirenum, Aonia, and Noachis made for dusty conditions poleward of ~55°S. To the north, transient dust storms and water-ice clouds continued to propagate … Continue reading →

This past week, dust storms and water-ice clouds continued to be observed over the northern plains of Mars along the seasonal receding polar cap edge. Looking to the south hemisphere, small, transient dust storms occurred in the highland region, while … Continue reading →

For the past week on Mars, dust lifting and condensate water-ice clouds were observed along the seasonal north polar ice cap edge. A large transient dust storm was noted over Utopia at the beginning of the week. In the southern … Continue reading →

Martian weather for the past week displayed continued dust-lifting and water-ice clouds along the seasonal north polar ice cap edge. In other parts of the northern hemisphere, small short-lived dust storms occurred in Chryse and western Amazonis. Focusing on the … Continue reading →

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 →