Europa ridges illustration (IMAGE)

Stanford University

Europa ridges illustration

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This artist’s conception shows how double ridges on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa may form over shallow, refreezing water pockets within the ice shell. This mechanism is based on the study of an analogous double ridge feature found on Earth’s Greenland Ice Sheet. (Image credit: Justice Blaine Wainwright)

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Justice Blaine Wainwright

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