Closest look yet at Ceres' bright spots

[Panich52]

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Closest look yet at Ceres' bright spots

Mysterious Spot 5 - most prominent of Ceres' bright spots - is shown to consist of many smaller spots in a new image from the orbiting Dawn spacecraft.

http://earthsky.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e56e7a92b1c5790f7343ef95a&id=99f9f42b44&e=dc13e7b006

[longship]

1. Here ya go, right from JPL.

There is also an animation.

[gvstn]

3. Fantastic Images. Thank you!

[drm604]

2. Statement from JPL.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4582

"Dawn scientists can now conclude that the intense brightness of these spots is due to the reflection of sunlight by highly reflective material on the surface, possibly ice," said Christopher Russell, principal investigator for the Dawn mission from the University of California, Los Angeles.

[AuntPatsy]

4. Makes sense, beautiful pictures