Exploratour - Does Europa have an Ocean?
3.) The picture seems to show the presence of a "puddle" which has seemingly wiped out the linea or raised ridges nearby. Scientists cannot prove that this feature is really the remnants of a puddle, but such a patch probably involves a local pocket of water which refroze on the surface.
This feature suggests a third process, one which geologists call "cryovolcanism" or icy-volcanism (cryo means cold). In this case, even though a volcanic cone is not formed, a liquid comes out of the ground and flows on the surface. That is why this feature gets the name cryovolcanism.
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