113-jovian-dawn-dixon –A dramatic vista from within the turbulent upper atmosphere of Jupiter captures a distant sunrise breaking over an expansive cloud deck. Towering, multi-layered cumulus formations flank a central atmospheric clearing, where vibrant curtains of orange and yellow aurora stream vertically along magnetic field lines. Multiple crescent moons hang in the sky beneath the auroral display, while an atmospheric probe suspended by a clear, teardrop-shaped balloon descends into the deep blue cloud layers on the left. ; acrylic on masonite, 1980
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