038-io-eruption-dixon –Two massive volcanic plumes erupt violently from the sulfurous surface of Io, sending bright, ethereal fans of gas and particulate matter high into the vacuum of space. The intense blue and white umbrella-shaped plumes are backlit by a crescent Jupiter, which rises majestically over a rugged, low-lying horizon of dark volcanic rock and sulfur-crusted plains. A narrow channel of molten lava glows faintly along a valley floor in the midground beneath a star-filled black sky. acrylic and gouache on board
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