Posted on 06/23/2015 6:14:02 AM PDT by Red Badger
The latest images of Ceres taken by the Dawn spacecraft have captured a fascinating pyramid-shaped mountain on the surface.
As the spacecraft gets closer, more and more features are beginning to reveal themselves.
This includes the mysterious bright spots, which appear now as an array of dots scattered across the floor of a crater - but their source remains unknown.
These images were taken by the Dawn spacecraft in its second mapping orbit, from a height of 2,700 miles (4,400km).
Just six months ago, Ceres appeared as nothing more than a few pixels of light to Dawn. Now it is nearing its closest orbit to the increasingly interesting dwarf planet.
By December of this year, the spacecraft will be just 225 miles (360km) above the surface - lower than the International Space Station is above Earth.
Nasa scientists in California revealed images from the Dawn spacecraft. One shows a mountain the size of Mont Blanc in a relatively flat area, circled in this image. The formation and origin of the mountain remains a mystery. And images of the bizarre bright spots on the surface were also shown
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Pyramid on Ceres Ping!...................
“I’m a zit! Get it?”
Frost heave?
Ant Mound?.....................
North Korea at nite?
This could be a hugh and CEREous finding!!
or maybe something like this...
A pingo, also called a hydrolaccolith, is a mound of earth-covered ice found in the Arctic and subarctic that can reach up to 70 metres (230 ft) in height and up to 600 m (2,000 ft) in diameter. The term originated as the Inuvialuktun word for a small hill. The plural form is "pingos". A pingo is a periglacial landform, which is defined as a nonglacial landform or process linked to colder climates. "Periglacial" suggests an environment located on the margin of past glaciers. However, freeze and thaw cycles influence landscapes outside areas of past glaciation. Therefore, periglacial environments are anywhere that freezing and thawing modify the landscape in a significant manner.[1] They are essentially formed by ground ice which develops during the winter months as temperatures fall.[2][3][4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pingo
P-I-N-G-O.............P-I-N-G-O.........P-I-N-G-O............and P-I-N-G-O was its NAME-O....................
Unexpectedly sparse vegetation.
If that’s the case, wouldn’t you expect more of the formation on the surface? Why just that one lone ‘pyramid’?
Thanks Red Badger, extra to APoD.
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