Snow on Mars

antijoke · 1 Oct 2008 at 13:52

link

Good lord.

BBC.co.uk

"Over the first two months of the mission, the humidity of the atmosphere was increasing as water [ice] sublimated from the ground and the polar ice cap; and over the second half of the mission we've started to see frost, ground fog and clouds. And this is now occurring every night," explained Dr Whiteway.

sambo_joseph · 1 Oct 2008 at 13:58

very interesting, you know they also found fully flowing water on mars a few years ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL7jj-Wjb5Y

I am so moving there, looks so spacious.

Booner! · 1 Oct 2008 at 14:00

Amazing stuff

Cosimo · 1 Oct 2008 at 14:01

sambo_joseph said:
I am so moving there, looks so spacious.

I hear that they have some great beaches, so we have just placed a deposit on a villa.

fini · 1 Oct 2008 at 14:03

I plan to open a ski resort

InvaderGIR · 1 Oct 2008 at 14:03

sambo_joseph said:
very interesting, you know they also found fully flowing water on mars a few years ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL7jj-Wjb5Y

I am so moving there, looks so spacious.

One of the comments on that...

conspiracy theorist said:
Nasa is nothing but a government front. we've known about water there ever since we went to mars and im talking about man. They've been and discovered life already.. You'll c mark my words Nasa is releasing info slowly to desensitize us, next theres gonna be a lake found there then they'll say some micro organisms live there then humanoids when we wont care bc by then we already will know that there is just like we knew there was water and were just waiting for them to release the info to us

InvG

Energize · 1 Oct 2008 at 14:03

sambo_joseph said:
very interesting, you know they also found fully flowing water on mars a few years ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL7jj-Wjb5Y

I am so moving there, looks so spacious.

No they didn't. Even the link you provided says, "Bright new deposits seen in two gullies on Mars suggest water carried sediment through them sometime during the past seven years. ".

Russinating · 1 Oct 2008 at 14:19

The ability of Phoenix to gather sunlight is also expected to be severely compromised by the settling of carbon dioxide frost on its solar panels.

On current projections, the robot will probably go silent at the end of November or in early December.

Sounds so sad - reminds me of Wall-E

J.B · 1 Oct 2008 at 15:36

Can't wait for all the property shows on channel 4 where people are thinking about moving from Southend in Essex to Mars for a better lifestyle.

apeZ · 1 Oct 2008 at 15:44

Awesome news, really fascinating. If snow lands on Mars, then there is potential for water, and life forms

Quick question - How big is Phoenix?

milkinc13 · 1 Oct 2008 at 16:18

should now be easier to spot life on mars, look for impressions in the settled snow

Adsta · 1 Oct 2008 at 16:29

might be a tad chilly but id put up with it

MooMoo444 · 1 Oct 2008 at 16:36

rghjones said:
Sounds so sad - reminds me of Wall-E

Major spoiler alert thanks

Booner! · 1 Oct 2008 at 16:39

While we are at it, Neo dies.

Begbie · 1 Oct 2008 at 16:45

Booner! said:
While we are at it, Neo dies.

Darth Vader is also Lukes father! OHHH NOES!

MooMoo444 · 1 Oct 2008 at 16:46

I was looking forward to Wall-E and now I know it has a sad ending. It's really ruined my day and you guys just make fun

Booner! · 1 Oct 2008 at 17:12

Awww. Here, have a cuddle from me.

Tomsk · 1 Oct 2008 at 17:19

milkinc13 said:
should now be easier to spot life on mars, look for impressions in the settled snow

So that's where the Yeti is....

InvaderGIR · 1 Oct 2008 at 17:20

Careful, Booner is getting ready for some manlove.

InvG

strudey · 1 Oct 2008 at 17:50

MooMoo444 said:
Major spoiler alert thanks

Er - no it isn't.