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MARCI weather report: Oct 3-9, 2016

Dust-lifting activity across Mars was relatively uneventful compared to that of previous weeks. Looking to the northern hemisphere, short-lived dust storms and water-ice clouds occurred along the north polar hood. A bit further to the south, a solitary local dust … Continue reading

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Big global dust storm starting soon?

Global dust storms on Mars could soon become more predictable — which would be a boon for future astronauts there — if the next one follows a pattern suggested by those in the past. A published prediction, based on this … Continue reading

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MARCI weather report, Sept 26-Oct 2, 2016

The large dust storms east of Elysium which were mentioned in the previous report, quickly subsided after coalescing. Shortly thereafter, a subsequent dust storm appeared and moved southward across Amazonis. In the second half of the week, a dust storm … Continue reading

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MARCI weather report, September 19-25, 2016

Last week on Mars, a dust haze continued to loom over Noachis and other regions of the southern highlands. A bit further to the south, small local-scale dust storms were observed along the receding seasonal south polar ice cap edge. … Continue reading

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MARCI weather report, September 12-18, 2016

The diffuse, dusty conditions over Noachis and the southern mid-latitudes was all that remained of the regional dust storm that occurred earlier in the month. There was an indication at the beginning of the week, that the storm had entered … Continue reading

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MARCI weather report, September 5-11, 2016

The major regional dust storm mentioned in the previous week continued westward over Noachis. It combined with a small local-scale dust storm near the south polar ice cap edge and expanded further westward to the Argyre impact basin. After reaching … Continue reading

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THEMIS: Syrtis Major wind streaks in false color

THEMIS Image of the Day, September 9, 2016. Today’s false color image shows part of Syrtis Major Planum, including several wind streaks that show winds are blowing from the northeast (upper right).  The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from … Continue reading

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MARCI weather report, August 22-28, 2016

Continued large-scale dust activity over the Acidalia storm-track and northern plains of Mars this past week. The dust storm over Chryse, mentioned in the previous week still had some momentum as it lofted clouds of dust over eastern Valles Marineris … Continue reading

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MARCI weather report, August 15-22, 2016

Dust storms and water-ice clouds associated with the developing north polar hood prevailed over Mars last week. Another large-scale dust storm propagated southward over Utopia, kicking up dust in Isidis and western Elysium. Further to the west, dust-lifting activity over … Continue reading

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HiRISE: Just rise above it

Just rise above it. Beautiful Mars series.

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