<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/01464c23-0ab1-4236-8e72-47db71bdba3e/B7DF73EC-0D0B-4555-9AB5-123D79D9C07E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080930172328.49u1qw9x&show_article=1" href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080930172328.49u1qw9x&show_article=1" style="font-size: 11px;">www.breitbart.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080930172328.49u1qw9x&show_article=1">NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has found snow falling from clouds on Mars, scientists said Tuesday. <P> A laser instrument collecting data on how the atmosphere and surface interact on Mars detected snow from clouds about four kilometers (2.5 miles) above the spacecraft's landing site. The date found the snow vaporized before reaching the ground. </P><P> "Nothing like this view has ever been seen on Mars," said Jim Whiteway, of <A rel="nofollow" href="http://search.breitbart.com/q?s=York%20University&sid=breitbart.com" class="lingo_link">York University,</A> Toronto, <A rel="nofollow" href="http://search.breitbart.com/q?s=lead%20scientist&sid=breitbart.com" class="lingo_link">lead scientist</A> for the Canadian-supplied Meteorological Station on Phoenix. "We'll be looking for signs that the snow may even reach the ground." </P><P> Spacecraft soil experiments also have provided dramatic evidence of past interaction between minerals and liquid water, processes that occur on Earth. Phoenix touched down in the Martian arctic on May 25. </P><P> Phoenix data also suggested the presence of <A rel="nofollow" href="http://search.breitbart.com/q?s=calcium%20carbonate&sid=breitbart.com" class="lingo_link">calcium carbonate,</A> the main composition of chalk, and particles that could be clay. Most carbonates and clays on Earth form only with water on hand. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B7DF73EC-0D0B-4555-9AB5-123D79D9C07E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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