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The Coldest, Snowiest, Iciest Places In Our Solar System

As you battle the blizzard, just be happy you don't live on Pluto

By Loren Grush

Posted on Jan 28, 2015

For hardcore skiers in need of new terrain to conquer, Saturn's sixth largest moon, Enceladus, may be the ideal place for hitting the interplanetary slopes. Covered in miles of ice, Enceladus is home to numerous geysers, which jettison ice particles into the air above the moon's surface. The result is something like snowfall as the ice particles fall back to the ground, coating Enceladus in extremely fine ice crystals. Paul Schenk of the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston notes the "snow" would make for great skiing conditions! The only problem? There's just not enough of it built up on the surface yet. Give it a couple tens of millions of years or so, and the slopes will be piled high. Temperature: -330 degrees Fahrenheit Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA

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