Pluto’s Volcanoes of Ice
Posted in Astronomy at 19:00 on 15 November 2015
From The Daily Galaxy 10/11/15. Pluto has ice volcanoes. (Some sort of false colouring here obviously.)
These two are called Wright Mons and Piccard Mons:-
The ice may be a mixture of water ice, nitrogen, ammonia, or methane.
From Astronomy Picture of the Day 14/11/15 comes this photo of Wright Mons:-
Tags: APOD, Astronomy, Astronomy Picture of the Day, Pluto, The Daily Galaxy
