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Buffeted by hurricane force winds hot enough to vaporize Magnesium, we descend into the atmosphere of 51 Pegasi b. Before us is a blistering skyscape of silicate clouds colored brown by complex chemical stains forged in the intense radiation of the planet's nearby sun. Below us, the atmosphere is darkened by a thick layer of sodium vapor. Amongst the white silica clouds above us, the sun is motionless, anchored in eternal sunset by the tidally locked rotation of the planet. | ||||||||
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