February 1, 2001
 
Helium rain
    falling
        for two billion years
    warming Saturn
        whose heart
            would have been
                frozen
        but for a soft
            warm
                steady
                    rain
                            of liquid
                                    metal
Image courtesy NASA, CICLOPS (Cassini Imaging Central Labratory for Operations)
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helium rain
(a poem for Saturn)