Really? Not Even One Spider Yet?

This is a picture taken by the Phoenix Lander of some ice on Mars. Or, alternatively, some ice in a box of Georgia dirt in a Hollywood backlot that somebody staged. Or, alternatively, Photoshopped ice in, well, nowhere. No but seriously, it's ice on Mars.

"The confirmation that water ice exists in the area directly surrounding the lander is big and good news for the Martian mission. NASA's stated goal for the Mars Phoenix was to find exactly this -- water ice -- and then analyze it. With the latest news, the first step is accomplished. All that's left now is to get the water into the Phoenix's instruments, a task which has occasionally proven more difficult than anticipated."

Now I know what many of you are thinking: "So. What?" Well apparently you don't understand the profound implications of such a discovery -- now we won't have to bring bagged ice to Mars to keep our drinks cold.