Venus, obscured by clouds
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The colossal fountains of Enceladus
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Huge jets of water ice that rise thousands of kilometers above the surface. Undoubtedly, one of the greatest wonders of the Solar System.
The powerful gravitational force of Saturn heats the interior of the small moon, making possible the existence of an inner ocean of liquid water. When the water is expelled to the outside, when it contacts the space vacuum it vaporizes and explodes, forming the geysers. Immediately the vapor is frozen again, falling in the form of snowflakes.
Las fuentes colosales de Encélado. Obra digital.
Enormes chorros de hielo de agua que se elevan a miles de kilómetros sobre la superficie. Indudablemente, una de las maravillas más grandes del Sistema Solar.
La poderosa fuerza gravitacional de Saturno calienta el interior de la pequeña luna permitiendo la existencia de un océano interior de agua líquida. Cuando este agua es expulsada al exterior, al contactar con el vacío no presurizado del espacio, estalla violentamente y se transforma en vapor formando géiseres. Casi inmediatamente este vapor se vuelve a congelar y cae en forma de copos de nieve.
Tvashtar erupting, Io
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Digital work
The Galileo spacecraft was able to study huge eruptions on Tvashtar Paterae: A 25-kilometer long (16 mi), 1 to 2-kilometer high (0.62 to 1.24 mi) curtain of lava was seen, followed by a plume of gas rising 385 kilometers (239 mi) above the surface of Io. On February 2007 the New Horizons probe, on its way to Pluto, captured an enormous eruption with a 330-kilometer high (210 mi) plume.
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