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The 4-mile-tall pyramid mountain on dwarf planet Ceres is glowing
cnet.com ^

Posted on 08/08/2015 3:22:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin

In its latest video, posted Thursday, NASA shows us that in addition to the intriguing bright spots in a large crater on Ceres, there are also bright streaks running down the sides of a pyramid-shaped mountain rising higher than Alaska's 20,000-foot (6,100 meter) Mt. McKinley.

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And then there's that conical, almost pyramid-looking mountain that rises 4 miles high and is oddly dark on one side while the other side glows with bright streaks that seem similar in their effect to what's causing the other bright spots.

"What does this structure tell us about how this world works?" Rayman says.

Dude, if you don't know, then we might as well assume it's the headlight of an idling spaceship until science proves otherwise. Fortunately, Dawn will continue to descend for a closer look until its closest approach towards the end of this year.

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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: ceres; hgass
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To: Beowulf9

‘Sure looks like water ice with some evidence of flow. Wracking my brain as to what else would freeze-out so brightly, but can’t find anything. H²O² conceivably?

No spectral analysis of this stuff?


41 posted on 08/08/2015 4:52:09 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: BenLurkin

“Hail Xenu!”


42 posted on 08/08/2015 5:22:57 PM PDT by dynachrome (We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.)
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To: BenLurkin
Hey, she's kinda cute...............


43 posted on 08/08/2015 5:26:36 PM PDT by Viking2002 (The Avatar is back by popular request.)
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To: Cats Pajamas

I always thought they looked like a butt crack...


44 posted on 08/08/2015 5:38:05 PM PDT by Ingtar (Capitulation is the enemy of Liberty, or so the recent past has shown.)
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To: BenLurkin

So I believe that is one mountain you could actually jump off from and not splat.


45 posted on 08/08/2015 5:58:32 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Revel

If you took a running leap, you might just go into orbit.


46 posted on 08/08/2015 7:10:18 PM PDT by lump in the melting pot (Half-brother is Watching You!)
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To: ponygirl

https://youtu.be/Inc9BtRip04


47 posted on 08/08/2015 7:24:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Bon mots
If the big hair dude(Giorgio Tsukalakos) says it's aliens that's good enough for me!
48 posted on 08/08/2015 7:39:55 PM PDT by jmacusa
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To: Mears
I just came upon this post.

Never start a post with that kind of lead-in.

Some will think that you're too easily turned on.
49 posted on 08/08/2015 7:50:12 PM PDT by adorno (w)
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To: BenLurkin
The streaks on Cere's pyramid, are melted gold.

California had its gold rush, and now, it's Ceres' turn.

Which country is going to claim all that gold?

Ceres is made mostly of gold. Gold on Earth will be greatly devalued once we start mining that dwarf planet.
50 posted on 08/08/2015 7:53:44 PM PDT by adorno (w)
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To: BenLurkin; brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
Thanks BenLurkin, extra to APoD.

51 posted on 08/08/2015 8:04:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: BenLurkin

Does she have a name?


52 posted on 08/08/2015 8:14:27 PM PDT by PLMerite ("The issue is never the issue. The issue is the Revolution.")
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To: PLMerite

Kate Miccuci


53 posted on 08/08/2015 8:16:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
--Dude, if you don't know, then we might as well assume it's the headlight of an idling spaceship until science proves otherwise.--

Dude, the aliens are already here, and we have youtube videos to prove it.

54 posted on 08/08/2015 8:27:10 PM PDT by JPG (What's the difference between the Rats and the GOPe? Nothing.)
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To: PLMerite

Also one-half of the female musical comedy duo “Garfunkel and Oates”. They’re kinda funny in a girl-power sort of way.


55 posted on 08/08/2015 8:28:29 PM PDT by hoagy62 (Only one solution left.....)
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To: JPG

Excellent!


56 posted on 08/08/2015 8:33:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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