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Active dust lifting south of Hellas continued during the first few days of the week, contributing suspended particles to a lingering haze that extended across the southern high latitudes. Portions of the high latitude residual haze extended north into Cimmeria … Continue reading →

Dust-lifting in the southern high latitudes of Cimmeria-Promethei developed into a large regional dust storm over the course of the week. The storm propagated eastward from Cimmeria into Sirenum obscuring the surface up to ~50°S latitude. By the end of … Continue reading →

Local storm activity along the Acidalia storm track picked up in earnest this past week. One large local storm that developed in the Acidalia-Chryse- Kasei region, propagated southward along the Acidalia storm-track through Lunae Planum and Xanthe and crossed into … Continue reading →

Over the past week on Mars, short-lived local dust storms were spotted over Amazonis, Deuteronilus, Utopia, and the Phlegra Montes. By mid-week, a transient dust storm was observed along the Acidalia storm track over Xanthe. Such storm activity is a … Continue reading →

Local scale dust storm activity in the northern extratropics continued during the past week on Mars. Dust-lifting was noted along the edge of the north polar hood from Alba Patera to Deuteronilus to Phlegra Montes, as well as further south … Continue reading →

Dust-lifting was observed at the edge of the north polar hood in Tempe, north of Alba Patera, and in Deuteronilus. A local dust storm passed through Amazonis northwest of Olympus Mons. The southern hemisphere was notably storm-free and the Argyre … Continue reading →

Weather activity continued to pick up for the past week on Mars. At the start of last week, local dust storms were observed in Amazonis and northern Alba Patera. A very small dust lifting event was observed in Chryse the … Continue reading →

For the past week on Mars, the weather has been relatively calm in the southern hemisphere and more active in the northern hemisphere. A local dust storm in Tempe Terra was observed in the beginning of the week. Dusty conditions … Continue reading →

Weather conditions for the past week on Mars continued to show characteristics that resemble previous martian years. In the beginning of the week, local dust storms were observed in northern Amazonis and east of Alba Patera. Small dust lifting events … Continue reading →

The weather on Mars this past week was fairly typical for this time of season. The seasonal south polar ice cap continued to defrost, with small local dust storms along the cap edge contributing to the hazy conditions over Aonia. … Continue reading →