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Afternoon dust storm activity was sparse across most of Mars during the past week. Exceptions were a local-scale dust storm observed over northern Amazonis Planitia, as well as, a dust haze that continued over Aonia and latitudes south of 60°S … Continue reading →

Dust-lifting activity was fairly typical for this time of martian season. In the southern hemisphere, repeated dust activity over southern Aonia contributed to a cloud of dust further to the west. Dust hazes were also observed over the southern portions … Continue reading →

Martian weather this past week was little changed from the previous week. A larger diffuse dust cloud persisted at high south latitudes throughout the week. The cloud was sustained by daily, local dust storms coming north from the seasonal south … Continue reading →

For the past week on Mars, local-scale storm activity over Aonia and Sirenum led to murky conditions along the retreating seasonal south polar ice cap edge. Looking a bit further north, a couple short-lived isolated dust storms were spotted over … Continue reading →

Last week on Mars, dust-lifting activity over the northern hemisphere was relatively sporadic. Local-scale dust storms were observed over Amazonis and Deuteronilus. Looking to the southern hemisphere, repeated dust-lifting activity was spotted near the Mountains of Mitchel. This activity stretched … Continue reading →

Local dust storms continued along the receding seasonal south polar ice cap edge this past week. Meanwhile, on the other side of the red planet, transient dust storms just south of the north polar hood were observed over Deuteronilus and … Continue reading →

A slight increase in local-scale dust activity was observed on Mars last week. Looking to the southern highlands, transient dust storms were spotted over Cimmeria, Sirenum, and Aonia on multiple sols. Local-scale dust activity was also observed propagating southward from … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →