Europa's Synthetic Subsurface Heat Transport (Version 1)
Under Europa's icy surface are vast extraterrestrial oceans. This conceptual animation depicts simulated heat transport of these subsurface oceans. Please note that the simulated heat transport in this animation is only conceptual and a more accurate representation can be found at animation #2946.
Conceptual animation depicting simulated heat transport under the surface of Europa.
A close-up shot of Europa revealing the conceptualized heat transport under the surface.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animators
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Marte Newcombe (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientist
- David Adamec (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, May 15, 2006.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:55 PM EDT.
Datasets used in this visualization
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[Ocean General Circulation Model]
ID: 407
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