Click here to see a time-lapse sequence from the approach of Voyager I to Jupiter, showing the motion of atmospheric bands, and circulation of the Great Red Spot.
Click here to see a time-lapse sequence from the approach of Voyager I to Jupiter, showing the motion of atmospheric bands, and circulation of the Great Red Spot.
Earth and Jupiter Captured In the Same Photograph Taken From Mars
This is a photo of the Earth and its moon and Jupiter and its moons. In the same frame. It’s taken from Mars, and it’s humbling and incredible.
A postcard from the edge of the Solar system.
Courtesy of Voyager 1.
What would it be like to coast by Jupiter and watch it rotate? This was just the experience of the New Horizons spacecraft as it approached and flew by Jupiter in 2007.
Jupiter (right) and the Galilean satellites (right to left) Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Cutaways show the interior states of Ganymede and Callisto after many impacts by icy planetesimals
Powerful X-ray auroras observed near the poles of Jupiter.
Jupiter and Milky Way as seen from the rocky shores of the Mediterranean Sea near Cape Gelidonya, Turkey.
Voyager 2 view of Europa
Neither of the two Voyagers passed particularly close to Europa. This is one of the best views of Europa obtained during the Voyager mission, reprocessed in 2010 by Ted Stryk. The original data was captured from a distance of 250,000 kilometers on July 9, 1979.
Lost: A giant belt of brown clouds big enough to swallow Earth twenty times over. If found, please return to Jupiter.
May 20, 2010:
In a development that has transformed the appearance of the solar system’s largest planet, one of Jupiter’s two main cloud belts has completely disappeared.
“This is a big event,” says planetary scientist Glenn Orton of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. “We’re monitoring the situation closely and do not yet fully understand what’s going on.”
