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Ganesa Macula (on Saturn's moon Titan) might be a cryovolcanic dome

A cryovolcano (colloquially known as an ice volcano) is a volcano that erupts volatiles such as water, ammonia or methane, instead of molten rock. Collectively referred to as cryomagma or ice-volcanic melt, these substances are usually liquids and form plumes, but can also be in vapour form. After eruption, cryomagma condenses to a solid form when exposed to the very low surrounding temperature. Cryovolcanoes form on icy moons,

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Enceladus' South Polar Stripes Spew "Warm" Water Enceladus' South Polar Stripes Spew "Warm" Water www.planetary.org/.../0730_Enceladus_South_Polar_Stripes_Spew.html - Web

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Cryovolcanism on Charon and other Kuiper Belt Obje... Cryovolcanism on Charon and other Kuiper Belt Objects spacescience.arc.nasa.gov/agu/abstracts/Deschetal.pdf - Web

Ice Volcanoes of Lake Superior's South Shore Ice Volcanoes of Lake Superior's South Shore www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/ice/ - Web

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