Got up early this morning for a planetary imaging run. With the jet stream coursing over the northeast for a change the seeing overall was pretty good, probably 7/10 for most of the morning.

06:26 UT: The North Equatorial Belt seems to be spreading northward over the last several weeks as seen in all 3 images – perhaps its revival to its broader state is underway? Oval BA is seen in lower right of the planet. NN-WS-4 can be seen in the north. If you look very carefully at the left limb you can just see hints of the GRS rising.

08:10 UT: The GRS is now heading towards the central meridian (CM). Two white spots extend diagonally and down & to the right from it – “STZ-AWO” and “A1”. There seem to be several convection outbreaks: one in the NEB a little past the meridian, one nestled on the trailing side of the GRS, and a couple farther to the left (better seen in next image). A series of small, dark condensations are seen along the NNTB. The NEB shows some deep-blue “hot spot” streaks preceding that convection outbreak. Finally, you can see WSZ in the NTrZ midway between the CM and preceding limb.

08:35 UT: In the final shot we can also see that two more features have rotated into view, A2 and its preceding CWO in the SSTB