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Scientists were able to draw such conclusions after analyzing the images, transmitted by the probe New Horizons, which in July flew by Pluto. NASA combined the resulting images to create three-dimensional maps of the surface of the planet.
As a result, two potential cryovolcanoes were discovered in height several kilometers and tens of kilometers in diameter. “It huge mountains with large holes at the peaks – on Earth we call them volcanoes, “said the representative of the research team Oliver White. He noted that the strange hilly slopes potential volcanoes could appear as a result of eruptions unspecified substances such as ice, nitrogen, methane or ammonia.
Previously, scientists did not find such natural structures on the planets. at the border of the solar system. Cryovolcanoes spewing liquid or sprayed cryolavas exist on Titan and Enceladus (satellites Saturn).
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