023-exploring-jupiter-dixon – Perhaps the earliest depiction of a balloon probe floating in the atmosphere of Jupiter. Hot hydrogen provides buoyancy. High above a churning Jovian cloudscape, a large, teardrop-shaped balloon probe drifts through the upper troposphere on the right. Below, deep atmospheric layers are illuminated by intense, branching channels of red and white lightning snaking across the darker storm zones. In the distance, a high-altitude cloud deck catches the warm glow of a hidden sun, while three crescent moons hang suspended in the dark, aurora-filled sky above the planetary horizon. Oil on masonite, 1973 Artwork © 2007 Don Dixon/cosmographica.com
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