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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 →

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 →