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Audio Video Interleaved Video  |  1998-10-23  |  4.2 MB  |  150x150  |  10fps  |  1 minute, 25 seconds
Transcription: Zdenyck, Bocony. Celestial Gallery. Io. What would it be like to land on the surface of Io? In all probability we could come down in a flat, wonderfully multicoloured desert. Sulphur is dominant. There is not a drop of water. And indeed Io may be the driest place in the entire solar system. Where we might expect to find water, we find only sulphur, and even the very thin, foul-smelling atmosphere is made up of sulphur dioxide. Wandering across the surface we would find snow, but not our traditional water-ice snow. It would be made up of sulphur. Pastel yellow, orange, and even pale blue snowfl ...