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To: lbryce
Some of the craters in one photo look like they have been wind blown or weathered, shouldn't be any wind blowing or weathering going on, I would think.
16 posted on 04/21/2014 10:23:22 AM PDT by The Cajun (tea party!!!, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
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To: The Cajun

Check out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iapetus_(moon)

Iapetus is mostly ice. It’s period of rotation is 79 days. When the dark side faces the sun, ice sublimates and some it is redeposited on the light side, which makes the dark side darker and the light side lighter. The craters are made of ice, on which more ice constantly precipitates.


57 posted on 07/11/2014 8:35:32 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (This is known as "bad luck". - Robert A. Heinlein)
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