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Lavaworld 55 Cancri e
Credit:        John Whatmough
Image Number:        058
Created:        2004
Available Resolution:        1280x986

55 Cancri b would be easily visible from its inward sibling, especially when its opposition coincides with the smaller world's apastron. Here, the volcanic plains and lava seas of "Super Earth" 55 Cancri e are girded in the blue haze of its thick, yet cloudless, atmosphere as the deep blue globe of 55 Cancri b hovers beyond.

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