Snow Falls on Mars

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A new discovery by NASA scientists shows that snow was vaporizing before reaching the Mars surface. The Mars Lander Phoenix helped the scientists discover water on this rocky planet. Lets take a look.

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Since touching down on Mars in late May the Phoenix lander has established
that liquid water once flowed on the surface of the Red Planet.
It now appears that snow falls there too.
This image, recorded by the NASA explorer, detected snow, frost and cloud
forming in the Martian atmosphere above the north pole.
But the snow is vaporizing before it reaches the ground.
NASA scientist Jim Whiteway said the mission was trying to find evidence
that snow is actually landing on the surface - providing a tantalising clue
that life may once have existed on Mars.
[Jim Whiteway, NASA Lead Scientist]:
"And we're going to be watching very closely over the next month
for evidence that the snow is actually landing on the surface. And this is a
very important factor in the hydrological cycle on Mars, with the exchange of
water between the surface and the atmosphere."
Time is short - the onset of the Martian winter will soon 'kill-off' the
solar-powered lander.
It's already survived far longer than expected - but soon the sun will dip
below the horizon until next April, consigning the craft to a dusty Martian
grave.

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[Makrillol]

Yea i mean if there are clouds that provide snow it must have an atmosphere and that a good sign for life!

[gkadi]

A huge balloon... Keep dreaming ;)

[Glennfalconi]

There is no mars on life. Get over it.

[yellowcorba1]

@619badazz13 how do you know?

[SeeCrest678]

@619badazz13 So what its all just one big government conspiracy like 9/11?

[sinachiniforoosh]

@Makrillol that's too optimistic...

[Mojo3192]

@Stunt101Rider How do you propose doing that? Nuking it? LoL we got a long way to go before we could blow up the sun.

[619badazz13]

@makkreol no life can live on mars , it will die

[619badazz13]

all mars photos are fake , not one rover has ever been there , its bull shit

[CMC59860]

We should all go to Mars and animals stay in Earth.

[Stunt101Rider]

i say we blow up the sun....fuck it....

[mistomen]

do them martains have to shovel their sidewalks?