Hot spots? Reflected light?

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2015/03/02/4188314.htm

Most likely ice deposits.

What I think it is is reflected light from salts.

Peak Warming Man said:

What I think it is is reflected light from salts.

My guess is ice, but you’re right, it could be salts, or little green Men, but probably not xkcd’s interpretation.
The brightness seems to be omni-directional unlike a mirror.

Whatever it is, it’s darn bright.

mollwollfumble said:

Peak Warming Man said:

What I think it is is reflected light from salts.

My guess is ice, but you’re right, it could be salts, or little green Men, but probably not xkcd’s interpretation.
The brightness seems to be omni-directional unlike a mirror.

Whatever it is, it’s darn bright.

salts and ice could both be omnidirectional reflectivey.

roughbarked said:

salts and ice could both be omnidirectional reflectivity.

Can be, aren’t always. The brightest reflection from the Moon, in Aristarchus crater, is unidirectional.

Same image as above, but animated (I hope).

It’s Arthur Clarke’s ‘The Sentinel’ and/or ‘2001’ being enacted.

(Well why not?)

mollwollfumble said:

Same image as above, but animated (I hope).

So. The hermit has electricity.

Platinum…