From: Willie Strickland <cwskas@earthlink.net>

Date: February 3, 2010 11:16:19 AM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: mars_20100122

Alan & others,

I thought you might find this interesting if you have not seen it.

   http://www.msss.com/msss_images/2010/01/27/map_movie_100118_100124.mov

It contains images from Jan 22.

From http://www.msss.com/msss_images/latest_weather.html

Martian weather between 18 January 2010 and 24 January 2010:

The MARCI acquires a global view of the red planet and its weather patterns every day. Please click and play the Quicktime movie (.mov file) to see how the weather on Mars changed during this time.

As is typical for the current northern spring season on Mars, a combination of local dust storm activity and increased occurrence of water ice clouds was observed on the planet this past week. Short-lived, local dust storms occurred in the southern mid-latitudes, especially in Cimmeria, Aonia, and just west of the Hellas basin. Diffuse dust was observed in Acidalia and even extending down to Valles Marineris, making the eastern half of Mars's large canyon system somewhat hazy for much of the week. Water ice clouds formed over the Tharsis Montes, Elysium, across the southern mid-latitudes, and along the seasonal north polar cap edge. The MER-A rover Spirit experienced fairly clear skies in Gusev Crater, while the MER-B Opportunity rover in Meridiani Planum saw tenuous water ice cloud cover throughout the week.

Willie

On Jan 24, 2010, at 5:49 PM, Alan Friedman wrote:

Winter has afforded only two shots at Mars this winter, both with the same face facing Buffalo:

http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/mars_20100122.html

Seeing fair - about 5/10, transparency good, gusty winds.