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To: ambrose

The Viking pics plainly show snow on Mars.

16 posted on 01/23/2004 1:48:00 PM PST by djf

To: djf

Skiing on Mars! I can dream, can't I?

17 posted on 01/23/2004 1:58:20 PM PST by ambrose

To: djf

I believe that the white substance in the image has been thought to be frozen CO2 (dry ice) rather than water ice.

18 posted on 01/23/2004 2:00:38 PM PST by Lonely NY Conservative

To: djf

They are talking about water beneath the suface in non polar regions. However, this trace was toward the south polar region.

20 posted on 01/23/2004 2:00:55 PM PST by CasearianDaoist

To: djf

Right. So there is potential moisture now and then on the surface. Could explain the pond scum effect.

24 posted on 01/23/2004 2:23:03 PM PST by RightWhale (Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)

To: djf

Looks like a suspicious white powder to me.

27 posted on 01/23/2004 2:30:12 PM PST by Some hope remaining.

To: djf

Mars Weather forcast:

Clear Blue skies and no rain today . . .

32 posted on 01/23/2004 3:22:14 PM PST by BluSky (“Don’t make me come down there.”)

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