Just as water-based snowfalls occur during winter in Mars’ northern hemisphere, carbon dioxide snowfalls occur in the planet’s southern hemisphere during the south pole’s own winter. Frozen CO2 persists in the southern region all year round, but how it got there is still a mystery. (via Does it snow on Mars? | Spaceanswers.com)

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