Permanent Shadow (IMAGE)

Brown University

Permanent Shadow

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Shackleton Crater, the floor of which is permanently shadowed from the sun, appears to be home to deposits of water ice. A new study sheds light on how old these and other deposits on the Moon's south pole might be.

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NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University

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