18: Europa Veronne's Obsidian

Europa is the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter, and the sixth-closest to the planet of all the 80 known moons of Jupiter. It is also the sixth-largest moon in the Solar System.

Slightly smaller than Earth's Moon, Europa is primarily made of silicate rock and has a water-ice crust and an iron-nickel core. It has a very thin atmosphere, composed primarily of oxygen.

Its surface is striated by cracks and streaks, leading deeper into the crust subsurface ocean and its unique flora growing within the cracks and above the warm ocean.

Europa Veronne's Obsidian found its home in those cracks and tunnels and thrive on the pure oxygen air and vapor from the ocean below. The flower glows in yellow and orange colors lighting up the dark tunnels in a mesmerizing lightshow all year long.

Artwork Date: May 2022