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The ice on Mars is visible from Earth as white polar caps. This ice is perhaps mostly frozen CO2 (dry ice) but contains a substantial amount of water ice (H20) We know there is water ice there because water has a distinctive spectral and radar signature.

It isn't surprising that there is water ice on Mars. Water is one of the simplest and most common substances.

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