> I can buy parallel evolution producing similar > shapes of creatures. But the plants being green > strikes me as a particularly Earth-born conceit. > Even if the ice wasn't kilometers thick, I doubt > enough sunlight reaches Europa to make photo- > synthesis via chlorophyll a useful process...
Hey, it's only a movie ;-) A more plausible picture wouldn't be much more exciting, at least pictorially, than ocean-floor photos on Earth. It might be 30 years before a probe shines light on anything down there. If Moore's Law holds for most of those years, we might see computer systems powerful enough to start simulating possible origins and evolution of life on Europa. That effort might produce some very interesting images indeed. -michael turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- LARRY KLAES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IMAGE DESCRIPTION: > > > > In the future, life will > > be discovered on Jupiter's moon Europa. > > > > After a trip through interplanetary space, > > a delivery probe (upper left) will > > penetrate Europa's icy surface and release > > a camera probe (center) into the subsurface > > ocean. > > > > Heat, generated within the moon from Jupiter's > > gravitational forces, allows life to flourish. > > > > Jellyfish-like creatures float within a > > a current of small bubbles. Two plant-like > > stalks can be seen in the middle-left. A > > shelled creature sits on the sea floor > > on the bottom left. > > > > The delivery and camera probes are based on > > actual NASA designs. > > > > > > > http://www.irtc.org/ftp/pub/stills/2003-12-31/europa.jpg<http://www.irtc.org /ftp/pub/stills/2003-12-31/europa.jpg> > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. > http://messenger.yahoo.com/ > == > You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/ > > == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/