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“Fly Me to the Moon” is a stupid song. You want to know what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars? Extremely unpleasant. (self.showerthoughts)
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[–] RizzRustbolt 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Spring on Jupiter is delightful! The way the helium3 layer playful mixes with the metallic lithium layer... majestic.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Doubtful. Jupiter's atmosphere is almost exclusively comprised of hydrogen and regular helium (helium-4). Helium-3 mainly forms due to nuclear fusion processes (like in our sun) and Jupiter's core isn't hot enough for that. There is also no "lithium layer", lithium is maybe a trace element on Jupiter but not something you'd regularly see outside of the core.

You might have been on Ganymed, or Io and mistaken sulfur for helium.