Snow on Mars

Monday, September 29, 2008

This summer, one of the Mars Rover vehicles recorded footage of what appeared to be ice on the surface of Mars. Tests performed by NASA scientists confirmed that the substance was, in fact, frozen water. Today it was reported that the Mars Phoenix Lander, which landed on Mars' north pole in May, captured footage of snow falling in the Martian atmosphere.

Read the full NASA press release here.

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