The biggest dust storms don't usually begin until one or two months after perihelion, ... This one coming so early in the season makes me think Mars is heading for a spell of big dust storms.
I'm interested in exploring mid-latitude areas of Mars that look like they're made of snow and ice.
The idea is to look at Mars and not think of it as a mysterious alien place.
The climate models predict that as the orbit of Mars evolves, the tilt of its spin axis changes.