Mysterious Light on Ceres

[PaulaJedi]

I found this

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/PIA18920-Ceres-DwarfPlanet-Animation-20150219.gif

Notice how the lights don't dim as Ceres rotates?

There is another "light" at the bottom right part. There are other white patches, but they don't reflect like the lights do. Isn't that... a bit odd?

Right, they don't dim like the shiny spots do when the planet rotates. They remain bright. They're lights.

 

[PaulaJedi]

NOW They are calling the lights "reflective salts".

"These will have vaporised on the airless world, perhaps leaving behind highly reflective salts."

BBC News - Nasa's Dawn probe achieves orbit around Ceres

 

[Khaos]

Salar de Uyuni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Falkon303]

Maybe not alien life, maybe a geological explanation, but still interesting.

 

[PaulaJedi]

I found this

Notice how the lights don't dim as Ceres rotates?

There is another "light" at the bottom right part. There are other white patches, but they don't reflect like the lights do. Isn't that... a bit odd?

Extremely good point, Khaos. The light remains as bright as ever. If it were a reflection from the sun, it would change with the angle.

Next question - who put it there?

 

[Num7]

Just found this animated gif: