Ceres' crystalline looking 4 mile high mountain.. photo

[Ichingcarpenter]

Last edited Thu Aug 27, 2015, 06:53 AM - Edit history (1)

NASA's Dawn spacecraft spotted this tall, conical mountain on Ceres from a distance of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers).

The mountain, located in the southern hemisphere, stands 4 miles (6 kilometers) high. Its perimeter is sharply defined, with almost no accumulated debris at the base of the brightly streaked slope.

The image was taken on August 19, 2015. The resolution of the image is 450 feet (140 meters) per pixel.



Better resolution at this link

http://phys.org/news/2015-08-ceres-image-lonely-mountain.html

just click on the image at the link and it gets big



edit" ................ close up picture




GIF
somebody flipped it into the crater below the mountain






Anyway Weird or What?

[Mnemosyne]

1. So does this explain the shiny spots? Thanks for posting this, Iching! nt

[newfie11]

2. Diamonds

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. Giant limpet?

[newfie11]

5. More likely than diamonds

Darn it.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Wonderful. It is spectacular. n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

6. Hmmmm .... ice ... or obsidian ?

There have been some large obsidian outflows on Earth, but they have been weathered and eroded, unlike on Ceres.