MARCI weather report, June 17-23, 2019 (original) (raw)

With the exception of a single arcuate-shaped dust storm, similar in morphology to a terrestrial low-pressure systems, which was dipping southward across Acidalia, the northern lowlands were relatively uneventful this past week. In the southern hemisphere, a dust storm north of Argyre was spotted lofting dust into the canyons of Valles Marineris near the beginning of the week. The storm quickly subsided, leaving a dust haze that partially obscured the canyon floors and other surrounding landforms. Tyrrhena, Sirenum, and Cimmeria also experienced some small fleeting dust-lifting events… [More at link, including video]

This entry was posted in Reports and tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, dust storms, haze, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather, wind. Bookmark the permalink.