Tag Archives: haze

Continued widespread dust activity on Mars this past week. The arcuate shaped polar dust storm mentioned in the previous week propagated eastward to Utopia before subsiding into a diffuse dust cloud. Meanwhile, in the southern hemisphere, local-scale dust storms and … Continue reading →

Dust storm activity picked up this last week on Mars. At the beginning of the week, a couple local-scale dust storms were spotted near the edge of the north polar ice cap, over Acidalia and Olympia. By mid-week, a more … Continue reading →

Local dust dust storms were observed across many regions of the southern hemisphere this past week. Once again, dust lifting over Solis pushed northward and made conditions in Valles Marineris murky. The plateau of Syria and valleys nearby also had … Continue reading →

Dust storm activity increased over the southern hemisphere of Mars this past week. Syria, Solis, and Aonia experienced repeated local-scale dust storms. A dust cloud generated by lifting in Solis moved northward and reached into Valles Marineris where it subsided. … Continue reading →

During this past week, diffuse afternoon water-ice clouds persisted over low latitudes of the red planet. Looking to the northern lowlands, small dust-lifting events were spotted near the north polar ice cap edge, north of Acidalia and over Olympia. Focusing … Continue reading →

A slight uptick of dust lifting activity occurred on Mars this past week. At the beginning of the week, local-scale transient dust storms were spotted along the polar cap, north of Tempe. This activity appeared to propagate eastward over the … Continue reading →

For the past week on Mars, condensate water-ice clouds associated with the aphelion cloud-belt endured each afternoon. Looking to the southern highlands, a couple small dust storms were spotted over Aonia, including one near the seasonal south polar ice cap … Continue reading →