Pluto Pits

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

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NASA New Horizons cameras have spied swarms of mysterious pits across the informally named Sputnik Planum. Scientists believe the pits may form through a combination of sublimation and ice fracturing.

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20151

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Title: Pluto Pits
Creator: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
Date Created: 2015-11-10
Rights: JPL

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