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Lava Tubes With Skylights Found at Moon's North Pole

Skylights are just as hot an amenity on the moon as on Earth.
The moon's north pole region. Philolaus Crater is located at around 7 if the image were a clock face, two thirds of the way out from the pole itself.
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Small holes in a large crater near the North Pole of the moon may offer sky-lit entrances to an underground network of lava tubes, according to a new discovery. The holes could offer passageways into the moon's interior, where scientists believe we could find ice. A potential water resource on the moon

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