Has Phoenix Seen Ice?

@ Brian

When you mentioned that your linked picture may show frozen droplets on the landing leg my first response was that they could have collected during decent into the atmosphere. But this link pretty much slams that argument: http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/M/Marsatmos.html

Now looking at the photo you linked, the biggest droplets seemed to be collected on side of the landing strut opposite the boosters except for the highest one. The top drop is still pretty much in line with the others though. This is good. Lastly there don't seem to be any drops on the top third of the strut, or at least they get smaller as one gets closer to the engine. Also good. We can't see what's going on further up the strut due to shadows. The only other thing I can think of is that are no droplets on the strut in the foreground, but that strut also looks to be about three times further away from the water source than the one with droplets. There is also a mound of dirt that could potentially obstruct incoming water for the foreground strut. Judging by the background of the image, the mound of dirt wasn't there before the craft landed, but I can't figure how it got there.

So, looks like ice to me. Can't wait to see the results of further analysis.