Dimorphos with color enhanced markings to highlight 'cosmic snowballs' (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

Dimorphos with color enhanced markings to highlight 'cosmic snowballs'

Caption

[Top] The boulder-covered moon Dimorphos as seen 8.55 seconds before the impact of the DART space craft. [Bottom] The same image after correcting for lighting conditions across the surface and shadows cast by boulders, revealing a fan-shaped pattern of streaks (highlighted in color for emphasis). 

Credit

Credit: NASA/JHU-APL/UMD.

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