332-ice-lead-on-europa-2-dixon – a brief opening in the icy crust of Europa reveals its usually hidden ocean, frontispiece for Scientific American Cosmos. A dramatic night view across a fractured ice lead on the surface of Europa, showing a dark lane of slushy or newly frozen water cutting through jagged, hummocky ice blocks. High in the black sky, a large Jupiter hangs over the flat horizon, its banding subtly illuminated by moonlight as glare from the eclipsed sun peaks out from its lower edge, which casts a faint specular reflection onto the dark ice below. painting by Don Dixon
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