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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Europa, Ganymede and Callisto

Europa, Ganymede and Callisto in a surface comparison.

Images from NASA, JPL.

These are the icy surfaces of three of the Galileian Moons.

Posted by Amelia Carolina Sparavigna at 4:50 AM

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