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Geyser on Europa
Ice geyser on Europa. Europa is the smallest of the
four Galilean moons of Jupiter, and the second closet to the planet. Its surface is
icy and relatively smooth. Impacting meteorites cause melting of the surface,
allowing the water to smooth out bef...
Keywords:
Europa, Jupiter, geyser, planet, landscape
Ice Geyser
When the Voyager 2 probe flew past Neptune (top) in August 1989, it also imaged its
largest moon Triton. The pictures showed that although Triton's surface is the
coldest in the known Solar System at -240 Celsius (-400 Fahrenheit), it is still
volcan...
Keywords:
planet, gas giant, Neptune, Triton, landscape, geyser, satellite, ice giant, rin...
Plumes of Enceladus
Enceladus is a mid-sized satellite of Saturn, about 500 km across, known since 1789.
In 2005, the Cassini spacecraft discovered that this relatively small world is,
surprisingly, geologically active. Geyser-like jets
of water were seen spewing from t...
Keywords:
Enceladus, Saturn, geyser, volcanism, planet, gas
giant, satellite
Ice Geysers on Triton
This is a computer animation of cryovolcanism of Triton, the largest moon of Neptune.
These icy geysers were observed by the Voyager 2
spacecraft - or rather, the spacecraft photographed the long stains that these
features left on the landscape. It i...
Keywords:
planet, gas giant, Neptune, Triton, landscape, geyser, satellite, ice giant
Space Animation Showreel
This short video offers a brief glimpse at around 15 of my astronomy animations, most
of which can be found in their entirety elsewhere on my YouTube channel.
Keywords:
Sun, planet, animation, asteroid, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, ice giant, ga...