Ahuna Mons on Ceres

Ahuna Mons on Ceres
Ahuna Mons on Ceres
Ahuna Mons on Ceres, with crater-free (therefore geologically young) slopes, rises some 5000 metres above the surroundings, which are otherwise pockmarked by craters. Is it a cryovolcano that spews out ice as well as lava? Researchers think it is possible.
Credit:

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

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