Ice Cusps on Europa
			
		
		
		
			Europa's icy crust has many unusual features.  Pictured above is part of Europa's southern hemisphere photographed by the 
Galileo spacecraft currently orbiting 
Jupiter.  Europa is one of the largest moons of Jupiter, and is thought to have 
oceans of water 
underneath its ice-covered surface.  Among many 
cracks and ridges 
appear dark cusp-shaped features running from the 
lower left toward the upper right.  
The origin of these features is not known for sure, 
but their shape is thought to indicate that large portions of 
Europa's crust move together, 
similar to tectonic motion of our Earth's crust.