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Mike's Top Five List
Wednesday, 01 October 2008 04:00
The Canadian weather station on the Phoenix Mars Lander has spotted snow on Mars. Top five differences between Martian snow and Earth snow.

#5. On Mars 90% of the snow evaporates before it hits the ground.

#4. On Earth 90% of all the snow falls on The Hart.

#3. Martian weather stations can accurately predict snow with 95% accuracy.

#2. Here – we're pretty sure it's going to snow sometime between September and July. Every once in a while maybe August.

#1. On Mars it's okay to eat yellow snow – but don't touch the purple stuff!