Chapter 9, Mount Zeus Summary

Dr. van der Berg puzzles over a brief visual recording of Mount Zeus. Light from Lucifer illuminates the mountain for a moment when the clouds clear, and the mountain reflects light in all colors of the rainbow. Dr. van der Berg eliminates the possibility that the mountain could be made of ice or volcanic glass. The material could be quartz though, or some other rock crystal. He imagines that such material would be worth a great deal of money, if humans were allowed to land on Europa, which they are not.

Chapter 9, Mount Zeus Analysis

The question about what Mount Zeus is made of is a mystery, but the brief and colorful light display indicates that it must be some kind of rock crystal. Quartz crystals can split white light into the spectrum, but so can other kinds of...