This is an image of Triton that has been image processed.
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NASA
Surface of Triton
Image processing can produce a view such as one might see if you were present on the surface of Triton.
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...moreThe diagram to the left shows a drawing of the possible interior of Triton. The composition of Triton is mostly ice, therefore there is probably a small core of some rocky material buried inside, overlain
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