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Ice Volcanoes on Pluto?

NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute2015-11-10

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NASA New Horizons scientists believe that the informally named feature Wright Mons, located south of Sputnik Planum on Pluto, and another, Piccard Mons, could have been formed by the cryovolcanic eruption of ices from beneath Pluto surface. Sputnik Planum on Pluto, is an unusual feature that's about 100 miles (160 kilometers) wide and 13,000 feet (4 kilometers) high. It displays a summit depression (visible in the center of the image) that's approximately 35 miles (56 kilometers) across, with a distinctive hummocky texture on its sides. The rim of the summit depression also shows concentric fracturing.

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20155

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  • Title: Ice Volcanoes on Pluto?
  • Creator: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
  • Date Created: 2015-11-10
  • Rights: JPL
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