Distinctive Cracks Crisscrossing Europa's Icy Surface (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Distinctive Cracks Crisscrossing Europa's Icy Surface

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The distinctive cracks crisscrossing Europa's icy surface are clues to the stresses that this moon of Jupiter has experienced. This mosaic image was taken by NASA's Galileo satellite, which flew past this moon of Jupiter six times between 1996 and 1999.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

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