Snow Observed On Mars

[OilIsMastery]

http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/snow-clouds.gif

Link (http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/29/snow-is-falling-from-martian-clouds/#more-18781)

[draqon]

Those clouds are water ice particles. Mars is so amazing, I gotta say. But overall Phoenix mission is an utter dissapointment, Odyssey 2001 already showed there was water on Mars, we knew those clouds were water ice as well and we could see snow too from Spirit and Odyssey probes. And when it came time for Phoenix to do its mass spectrum analysis...the engineering part of it failed miserably.

[kaneda]

Mars is still quite warm (nearest point to the sun last December) and this ice is alkaline so like seawater ice, with a lower melting point.

[CutsieMarie89]

Is everyone excited because if theirs water they think it's possible that life might be living in it?

[OilIsMastery]

Is everyone excited because if theirs water they think it's possible that life might be living in it?
Yes. NASA has a bizarre religious fetish for biology. They couldn't possibly care less about seismology and volcanology although they are making progress: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/mars_drilling_000623.html

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/0309-moon_rover.htm

[Syzygys]

Oil was also discovered on Mars. Halliburton is making a spaceship for exploratory purposes...

[OilIsMastery]

Oil was also discovered on Mars. Halliburton is making a spaceship for exploratory purposes...
True story: http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2005/2005GL022691.shtml

http://soupytrumpet.com/uploads/2006/11/oil_on_titan.jpg

[AlphaNumeric]

Steve has corrected me below. I should think before posting more....

[Steve100]

Haven't you ever seen people/trucks throwing salt on the road to melt ice?

The ice melts because its melting point is lowered, not raised.

Steve has corrected me below. I should think before posting more....

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