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Tag Archives: clouds
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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Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather
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MARCI weather report: December 8-14, 2014
Over the past week on Mars, small transient dust storms continued to develop along the seasonal south polar ice cap, generating an extensive, but diffuse dust cloud along the cap edge. Each afternoon, water-ice clouds were observed over the slopes … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather
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MARCI weather report: December 1-7, 2014
This past week, thermally driven winds initiated a number of transient local dust storms along the seasonal south polar cap edge. Other local dust storms were observed in the regions of Elysium and Cimmeria. Mid-week, a small plume of dust … Continue reading
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MARCI weather report: November 24-30, 2014
With the exception of the continued dusty atmospheric conditions across most of the planet, weather conditions were fairly typical of the late northern autumn / southern spring season on the red planet. Water-ice and dust clouds continued to propagate eastward … Continue reading
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THEMIS: Arsia Mons false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, December 3, 2014. This false color image shows part of the summit caldera of Arsia Mons. The mottled bluish tones are from clouds. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, Arsia Mons, ASU, atmosphere, calderas, clouds, haze, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Tharsis, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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THEMIS: Clouds
THEMIS Image of the Day, November 26, 2014. Clouds fill half of this unnamed crater located in the region between Malea Planum and Hellas Planitia. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, atmosphere, clouds, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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Mars, like Earth, has macroweather
Weather, which changes day-to-day due to constant fluctuations in the atmosphere, and climate, which varies over decades, are familiar. More recently, a third regime, called “macroweather,” has been used to describe the relatively stable regime between weather and climate. A … Continue reading
CRISM: Mesospheric cloud above Sinai Dorsa
This image shows a limb (meaning a view of the horizon) of the planet where the surface can be seen at the bottom with an orange tint, a cloud can be seen in the atmosphere, and space is seen above … Continue reading
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Tagged clouds, Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, CRISM, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, mesospheric clouds, MRO, NASA, Sinai Dorsa
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Curiosity update: ‘Looking for clouds’
Sol 720, August 14, 2014, update on Curiosity from MSL Scientist Lauren Edgar: “Today is a restricted sol, so we are planning a number of untargeted observations. Curiosity should have bumped on Sol 719 to put the condensed…” [More at … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, clouds, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Hidden Valley, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA
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CRISM: Mesospheric cloud above Valles Marineris
CRISM is primarily known for spectrally mapping the surface of Mars, but it can also look at ices and aerosols in the atmosphere as well! The image shows a limb (meaning a view of the horizon) of the planet where … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, clouds, Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, CRISM, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA
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