Snow falls and ice and frost form on Mars, too. NASA’s spacecraft on and orbiting the Red Planet reveal the similarities to and differences from how we experience winter on Earth.
Mars scientist Sylvain Piqueux of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory explains how images and data collected from NASA’s Viking, Phoenix, Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter missions can help scientists better understand the processes behind a winter on Mars. On the Red Planet, where both carbon dioxide and water can take the form of ice and frost, scientists study these frosty landscapes and unusual formations to understand the climate of Mars today and in its past. Analyzing the ice on Mars will also help future human missions.
For more information on NASA’s Mars missions, visit mars.nasa.gov.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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NASA, please explain what is required to keep the first Mars base from freezing? How much energy will be needed, and where will it come from?
I hate to bring up this painful fact, but Ray Bradbury never mentioned CO2 snowmen in his writings. 😿 😉
I was literally just looking for a new mars report and "11 minutes ago" this popped up, great work JPL, we love you and show you support!!
Boa noite amigo do planeta Marte
Now life is possible on Mars ,, right
They should start heading any ice asteroids into the poles of Mars so humans will have water and oxygen.
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Cool!
His accent wow haha
Nuts🤡
Very gassy like other Stars!
Dude needs to pick up the Rs he keeps dropping.
@nasa @nasajpl
Solution to save inSight :
Simply fly the Mars helicopter
Ingenuity over it and dust it off🤷🏼♂️
#nasa #nasajpl #JPL
❤️NASA💙
0:29 I think they misspelled his name. I think it's spelled Piqueux .
Awsome!
Yon fon euro Versace bright junior Media player. 🚀👩🚀
check the accent sylvain, fait gaffe a ton accent mon gars!
The daytime high temp here over the past few days has been 20 to 30F lower than the daytime high temp at the Curiosity rover.
Hello from the coldest inhabited place on Earth – Yakutia. In Oymyakon we had minus 71.2C, which is just 8C degrees “warmer” than carbon dioxide sublimation temperature.
Superb French accent!! Mars has never been so French sounding!! ❤
Real Mars Video!
youtu.be/m2GNp4Yht54
Oh le français. Le bon vieux accent