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Jupiter's hydrogen sea

author: Ron Miller/Novapix

reference: a-jup99-00055

Image Size 300 DPI: 29 * 17 cm

Miles beneath Jupiter's brown clouds of ammonia, hydrogen and helium lies mysterious realm where the weight of the atmosphere above far exceeds the pressures found in Earth's deepest oceans. It is believed that in this realm, somewhere between Jupiter's cloud tops and the jovian core, the atmosphere gives way to a planet-wide ocean of liquid hydrogen.

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ASTRONOMY - CLOUD - HYDROGEN - ILLUSTRATION - JUPITER - LIGHTNING - MAGNETIC FIELD - OCEAN - PLANET - THUNDERSTORM -