Tag Archives: haze

Last week on Mars, several scattered transient dust storms were observed along the edge of the receding seasonal south polar ice cap, which extended to around 61°S latitude. On the other side of the red planet, dust storms and haze … Continue reading →

During the past week, no major regional-scale dust storms raged across the red planet. However, smaller-scale, local storms were abundant along the seasonal south polar and over the northern plains. Water-ice clouds continued to dominate the afternoon skies over tropical … Continue reading →

Continued extensive dust-lifting over the northern plains this past week with storms dipping southward to Deuteronilus and the Phlegra Montes. Dust storms along the receding seasonal south polar ice cap edge were small, short-lived, and sporadic in Sirenum and Noachis. … Continue reading →

A slight lull in southern hemisphere dust storm activity for the past week on Mars. A couple small transient dust storms were spotted over Cimmeria and Noachis. Focusing a bit further equatorward, dust haze, lifted from the previous week’s activity, … Continue reading →

Dust storm activity over the southern hemisphere intensified soon after Mars’ equinox last week. A number of large local-scale storms developed in Sirenum and Aonia. Other regions along the defrosting seasonal south polar ice cap edge also experienced small short-lived … Continue reading →

As Mars quickly approaches the Autumnal Equinox in the northern hemisphere, large arcuate-shaped dust storms swept eastward across the northern plains, keeping the north polar region dusty for another week. Across the southern hemisphere, storm activity was less active than … Continue reading →

Dust-lifting activity continued to pulse over the northern plains of Mars last week. These events contributed to the regional polar storm mentioned in the previous report. Further west of this activity, a couple local scale dust storms were observed south … Continue reading →

Different degrees of dust-raising activity were observed for the northern and southern hemispheres of Mars this past week. At southern highlands, short-lived local scale dust storms were spotted over Sirenum, Noachis, and Cimmeria. The ground frost to the south of … Continue reading →

Dust storm activity continued along the seasonal south polar ice cap edge of Mars this past week. Northern portions of Sirenum, Solis, Noachis, and Cimmeria also experienced some local-scale dust-lifting activity. A large dust storm, propagated eastward over the plains … Continue reading →

For the past week on Mars, dust storm activity was frequently spotted over the southern highlands and northern lowlands. Throughout the week, local-scale dust storms occurred over terrain just north of the seasonal south polar ice cap edge. Looking just … Continue reading →