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Image taken on 6/27/96.Some areas of Europa have features resembling the ice floes seen in Earth's polar seas.Europa, about the size of Earth's moon, has a thin icy crust that has been severely fractured, as indicated by the dark linear, curved, and wedged-shaped bands seen here.The distorted band shapes suggest that there might have been soft ice or liquid water below Europa's surface. P-48236
D = 156,000 km Res =1.6 km Size = 360 x 770 km Center = 24°N 217°W
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