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Although the basaltic rock formed a hard crust, the flow is likely hot enough to prevent snow from building up on top.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team. Caption by Pola Lem.

Published November 9, 2016
Data acquired November 5, 2016

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EO-1 > ALI