Scientific American covers by Don Dixon / October 1999

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I sculpted some Europa-style "icebergs" in clay and captured closeup video frames while the model was lit by a low sun. The various landscape elements were isolated in Photoshop and colorized to look like ice. Additonal textures and details were also added in Photoshop. Jupiter and Io (seen in transit) were modeled in Strata Studio and then embellished in Photoshop. I intentionally created a low saturation image of Jupiter in an attempt to get a more realistic effect; Jupiter is generally rendered far too orange and gaudy. The colors here closely approximate what I observe in a telescope.