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[Mark Wainright <mwainright@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, again,
 
Just wanted to post a little more detail.  I originally mentioned that the sand 
storm was in Chryse.  That is not correct.  It is south of Chryse.  It appears 
to be over Aurorae Sinus.  It is an obvious light orange patch.  It appears to 
have grown and drifted south compared to the image posted 10/18 on 
spaceweather.com.  The seeing wasn't too hot tonight, but there were short 
periods of decent seeing.  I eventually bumped up my magnification to 320x with 
the 8" Meade SCT, a 2x barlow and 12.5mm plossl.  Nice detail could be seen 
around the Chryse region.  Nilokeras could be seen extending from Niliacus 
Lacus in the north.  Oxus could be seen extending from Margaritifer Sinus.  The 
sand storm was over Aurorae Sinus, and based on the S&T map (September 2005, p. 
67) what must be Juventae Fons could be seen extending NW from the sand storm.  
As midnight AZ time approached Solis Lacus was clearly visible with the 
surrounding details that make it look like the "Eye of Mars".  Morn
 ing
 clouds were visible as were brighter evening clouds.  The north polar clouds 
were obvious, and the south polar cap is tiny but still visible.
 
Clear skies,
Mark
Mark Wainright <mwainright@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,

The sand storm in Chryse is approaching the meridian right now (10PM Arizona 
time). It is a very obvious light orange patch. Looking through 8" Meade SCT 
with 7.5MM Lanthanum eyepiece for 267x. Scope hasn't even cooled down yet.

Clear skies (on Mars, too),
Mark

                
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