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Mysterious haze seen above Ceres' weird bright spots (Original Post) Panich52 Jul 2015 OP
Curiouser and curiouser Warpy Jul 2015 #1
Is it purple? Xipe Totec Jul 2015 #2
I haven't forgotten Ceres just put it on back burner for a time, so cool AuntPatsy Jul 2015 #3

Warpy

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1. Curiouser and curiouser
Wed Jul 22, 2015, 02:35 PM
Jul 2015

Could be ice objects that shattered on impact, the haze rapid sublimation. Or, as the article suggest, cryovulcanism. It's just more evidence that dead hunks of rock in space aren't as dead as we once thought.

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