NASA releases new Mars weather data for "Citizen Science" program "Cloudspotting on Mars"

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NASA has announced that more data on Mars weather patterns is now available for viewing and analysis by the public via the "Cloudspotting on Mars" project of NASA's "Citizen Science" program  which encourages volunteers from the general public to aid NASA in various scientific endeavours.

The data, obtained from the "Mars Climate Sounder" (MCS) onboard the "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" (MRO), contains information on the temperature, water-ice and dust content of Mars' atmosphere. Within this data, viewers are encouraged to find "loops" which are understood to be clouds in order to assist scientists in the analysis of Mars' weather patterns.

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The data is available for viewing here. Updates on the project are posted via Twitter.