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Spiky snow

Resembling an overgrown

garden, with tall blades of
green grass replaced by

white snow, penitentes are Spikes are most
the coolest, sharpest snow plentiful in the areas
between Argentina
formations around. It was and Chile.

once wrongly believed
that this pointy Andes

snowscape was carved out
by the biting mountain wind.

SPIKES IN SPACE

Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is thought to be
home to penitentes just like those on Earth.
These ice blades stretch up to 33 ft (10 m)
tall, posing a logistical nightmare for any
future spacecraft attempting to land here.

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