This painting depicts a view of Neptune as seen from the surface of  Triton.  Nitrogen can be seen venting in the distance. These plumes can be seen in the images that the Voyager 2 space probe returned to Earth in 1989.  These are the result of pressures below the surface, liquefying ice which then erupts through volcanic like vents, here the out gassing has just started,  streaming high,   before being swept back by  tenuous winds in the black sky.     Triton has a thin atmosphere of Nitrogen, with traces of  Methane.  Other unusual attributes of this satellite; are the retrograde rotation and highly inclined orbit.  There isn't too much in the way of cratering, which seems to indicate that the surface has been remodelled  several times,  caused by flows of  Nitrogen ice.  Being on average 4.5 billion kilometres from the Sun  the temperature is  low  at      - 241°C .

PAINTING DIMENSIONS :  50.37 x 39.77cm, 
19.83 x 15.65in                   
(acrylic on canvas)

PRICE : $450 AUD