Opening of Jupiter. The largest of the planets, Jupiter has more than the combined mass of everything else in the solar system except the sun. Its sky is filled with bizarre, multicolored, rapidly transforming cloud formations: clusters of clouds consume others, groups intertwine and then separate and go different ways. Some are sucked into the vortex of the Great Red Spot.
Contrapuntal Swirl from Jupiter. Among the 13 known moons of Jupiter, the Galilean satellites - Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, each in its own right planet-sized - are in a class by themselves. When Galileo announced his discovery of these four moons in 1610, it provided the first material support for the Copernican solar system.
Complex Counterpoint from Io. Io is one of the most active and interesting planetary bodies known, an intense ball of volcanic activity, exotic chemistry, and complex interactions.
Bass Against Guitar. Io is dotted with sulfur lakes. Many of Io's 200 volcanic calderas are 10 to 20 miles wide and continuously spit out boiling lava in streams that stretch hundreds of miles.
Andean Flute. Europa's surface is billiard-ball smooth and covered by a thin sheet of ice. With virtually no surface relief, it is the smoothest world known in our solar system, a pearl suspended in space.
Phrase from Ganymede. Ganymede is the largest satellite in the solar system. Irregular dark regions contrast against a brighter background. Immense grooves criss-cross its surface. Ganymede's overall reflectance is four to five times greater than our moon's.
Cratered Surface. Impact scars - large craters standing nearly shoulder to shoulder - cover the entire surface of Callisto. Although the plastic flow of its icy crust shrouds this moon in mystery, it is believed that the heavy bombardment that shaped these crators occurred nearly four billion years ago.
Jovian Cloud. Passing through the 12,000-mile-thick rings of microscopic dust that form a band around Jupiter. Beyond the swirl, there is an echo of solitude.
Guitar Travel. Traveling on a guitar powered by a bass and the refrain of the rhythm guitar...
...we leave the 10,000 mile deep atmosphere of Jupiter. We're out there, at the edge...