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Tag Archives: wind
MARCI weather report, April 11-17, 2016
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
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MARCI weather report, April 4-10, 2016
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
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MARCI weather report, March 31-April 3, 2016
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
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Giant mounds inside Mars craters were built by winds, climate change
New research has found that wind carved massive mounds of more than a mile high on Mars over billions of years. Their location helps pin down when water on the Red Planet dried up during a global climate change event. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, climate change, Gale Crater, intracrater mounds, mounds, Mount Sharp, wind, wind erosion
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MARCI weather report, March 21-27, 2017
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
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MARCI weather report, March 14-20, 2016
A near lull in dust storm activity occurred across much of Mars this past week. The only storm activity was near the perennial north polar ice cap, where dust hazes were spotted over the dunes of Olympia, and a solitary … Continue reading
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MARCI weather report, March 7-13, 2016
Typical weather patterns for northern summer / southern winter continued this past week on Mars. Dust hazes were observed sweeping over the sand dunes of Olympia. Small local-scale dust storms were intermittent over Solis Planum. Condensate water-ice clouds associated with … Continue reading
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MARCI weather report, Feb 29-March 6, 2016
Last week on Mars, a small transient dust storm was observed northwest of Elysium Mons shield volcano and over the polar dunes of Olympia, while in the southern hemisphere, local-scale dust storms were observed over northern Aonia and Solis Planum. … Continue reading
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MARCI weather report, February 22-28, 2016
For the past week on Mars, weather conditions were comparable to that of the preceding week. Looking to the north, a couple small dust lifting events were observed near the sands of Olympia. On the other side of the red … Continue reading
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MARCI weather report, February 15-21, 2016
Short-lived local dust storms were observed this past week over Solis and northern Aonia. Each afternoon, scattered wispy water-ice clouds, that make-up the aphelion cloud-belt, dominated the skies over mid-to-low latitudes. North of Tempe, dust haze was spotted near the … Continue reading
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