Jupiter from Europa. Artwork of the surface of Europa,with Jupiter,Io,Ganymede,Callisto and the Sun in the sky. Io is seen in the plane of the ring system,and eruption plumes from its volcanoes can be seen. Europa is one of the moons of Jupiter. The surface of Europa is made of water ice. There are no large impact craters; it is thought that meteorites make a crater which fills with liquid water and then freezes. Large cracks criss-cross the surface,through which water may well up and freeze. Such activity means the surface is constantly refreshed and smoothed. Europa is thought to have a huge ocean of liquid water beneath the ice. If there is geothermal activity at the seabed,then life similar to that around hydrothermal vents on Earth may exist there | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Van Ravenswaay, Detlev |
Taille de l’image : | 5315 px × 3767 px |
Model Release : | Non requis |
Property Release : | Non requis |
Restrictions : | - |