Posted on 02/23/2018 4:44:58 PM PST by BenLurkin
Jupiter's south pole is seen in a series of time-lapse images taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft during its 11th close flyby of the giant planet on Feb. 7, 2018. Credit: Gerald Eichstadt/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS You've never seen Jupiter's south pole quite like this.
A new photo by NASA's Juno spacecraft show Jupiter's south pole as seen from above during a recent close encounter on Feb. 7. The photo is actually a series of images taken over time by Juno as the probe whipped around Jupiter during its 11th flyby of the giant planet.
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The time-lapse views of Jupiter were taken over a 40-minute period on Feb. 7, starting at 10:21 a.m. EST (1521 GMT), as Juno passed over Jupiter's south pole. Juno took the photos from distances ranging from 85,292 to 124,856 miles (137,264 to 200,937 kilometers).
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Juno captured the photos with its JunoCam instrument. Those raw images were then processed by citizen scientist Gerald Eichstädt and assembled into the time-lapse series seen here. Juno's raw images are posted online as they are taken; the public can then review and process these images into amazing (and sometimes strange) views of Jupiter
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Awesome.
Clear evidence of global warming. Ban fossil fuels on Jupiter.
Humankind knows so little
I don’t see it. Every picture looks the same to me.
*ping*
““ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS, EXCEPT EUROPA.
ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE.
USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE.””
Thanks fieldmarshaldj. And a ping to APoDers.
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I have no idea where this Europa quote comes from but I can guarantee that whoever it was said to, immediately decided to land on Europa.
It’s in our nature. Tell a man who neither drinks or smokes that he is forbidden to do it and he will usually tell you to go to hell with a drunken slur while sitting in a cloud of smoke.
Old sci-fi book. Arthur C Clarke, 2010: Odyssey Two
It’s from 2010 Odyssey 2, Clarke’s sequal to 2001. And, of course earthlings go to Europa.
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