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Eruption of an ice volcano on the surface of Neptunes moon Triton.

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Photo of Eruption of an ice volcano on the surface of Neptunes moon Triton.

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There is evidence that the south pole of Neptune's satellite Triton is host to dozens of ice volcanoes, or geysers. One such eruption was observed to shoot a towering jet of material to a height of five miles, while the tenuous nitrogen atmosphere carried the smoky plume over 80 miles downwind. The eruptive material is believed to be a combination of liquid nitrogen, dust, and methane compounds driven by seasonal heating from the Sun.