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re: Phoenix detects falling snow

Robert Clark — 9/30/2008 3:09:50 PM (archived)

Once you let the camel's nose under the tent ...

Since it is now known that precipitation can fall from Martian clouds at
north polar locations and possibly reach the ground, perhaps it will be
accepted the same can happen at other locations:

From:

Adsorption water driven processes on Mars.
D. Möhlmann
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/doc.cfm?fobjectid=36779

See also:

Reflectance of fog in Valles Marineris.
A. Inada
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/doc.cfm?fobjectid=36724

Bob Clark

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The whole thread (17 posts)

• Phoenix detects falling snow - Raoul - 9/29/2008 9:03:40 PM
  • re: Phoenix detects falling snow - Robert Clark - 9/30/2008 3:09:50 PM
    • H2O snow is a widespread occurence on Mars. - Robert Clark - 10/5/2008 1:16:30 PM
      • PLEASE distinguish between fog and snow - Nick Hoffman - 10/6/2008 3:24:10 AM
      • re: H2O snow is a widespread occurence on Mars. - Robert Clark - 10/5/2008 2:02:55 PM
  • That is cool :) (n/t) - REB - 9/29/2008 9:45:49 PM
    • I'm waitning for the "crunching" sound of a mechanical arm pressing down on the martian snow to be recorded by the MARDI microphone. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 9/29/2008 10:28:19 PM
      • Crunchable snow tends to cover your solar cells. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/30/2008 2:07:20 AM
        • Supposedly Phoenix will eventually be covered with 3 feet of the white stuff - Socrates II - 9/30/2008 2:41:54 AM
          • "The White Stuff" - nick hoffman - 9/30/2008 11:31:53 AM
            • The concept of an Earth-like "watery" Mars is dying hard, Nick (n/t) - E.P. - 10/10/2008 8:55:40 PM
            • That's why I said the white stuff - Socrates II - 9/30/2008 1:29:28 PM
          • Two words - Thermal cycling - Nick Hoffman - 9/30/2008 4:27:49 AM
            • Well... - Socrates II - 9/30/2008 12:50:36 PM
  • And calcium carbonate. - alcaray - 9/29/2008 9:34:31 PM
    • re: And calcium carbonate. - Robert Clark - 10/10/2008 4:56:02 PM
    • re: And calcium carbonate. - Jacob - 9/29/2008 10:24:58 PM