Vinalia Faculae

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Vinalia Faculae

surface feature, Ceres

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Dawn
…observed two very bright spots, Vinalia Faculae and Cerealia Facula, in Occator crater. The bright spots were highly reflective salts left behind when briny water from an underground reservoir percolated upward and evaporated. The water percolated through fractures left behind when the crater formed 20 million years ago. Since the…
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…observed two very bright spots, Vinalia Faculae and Cerealia Facula, in Occator crater. The bright spots were highly reflective salts left behind when briny water from an underground reservoir percolated upward and evaporated. The water percolated through fractures left behind when the crater formed 20 million years ago. Since the…
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Ceres
…bright spots, Cerealia Facula and Vinalia Faculae, in Occator crater on Ceres. The bright spots are highly reflective salts left behind when briny water from an underground reservoir percolated upward and evaporated. The water percolated through fractures left behind when the crater formed 20 million years ago. The salty regions…
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…bright spots, Cerealia Facula and Vinalia Faculae, in Occator crater on Ceres. The bright spots are highly reflective salts left behind when briny water from an underground reservoir percolated upward and evaporated. The water percolated through fractures left behind when the crater formed 20 million years ago. The salty regions…
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