this series honors Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

Jupiter's moon Io

The image is a digital rendering of the surface of Io, Jupiter's moon.

Quotation taken from Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius (Astronomical Message).

"It is true that their reasons for mistrust are very frivolous and childish, since they persuade themselves that I am so rash that in testing my instrument a hundred thousand times on a hundred thousand stars and other objects I have not known, or been able to recognize, these deceptions that they think they have recognized without ever having seen the instrument."


Listen to the music! ♫ ♪
The music is a dub mix scored for synthesizer, percussive organ, fretless bass, and percussion, and the theme comes from Jacob Miller's song Tenement Yard. Choose a format to play or download: MP3 | MIDI