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Moons South Pole Image of Water Ice.png

By Astrogeology Science Center December 2021 (approx.)
The image shows the distribution of surface ice at the Moon’s south pole
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The blue color shows the locations of water ice at the Moon's South Pole detected by a NASA instrument aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft in 2018.

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Photo Credit: NASA : https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/ice-confirmed-at-the-moon-s-poles