weltschmerz
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Post by weltschmerz on Dec 24, 2018 18:41:34 GMT -5
Some stunning photographs. On July 4, 2016, NASA’s Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter traveling at a blistering 130,000 mph. Its mission — to orbit the gas giant closer than any craft had done before — was not easy. In the more than two years Juno has been in orbit, it has already revealed many secrets about the largest planet in our solar system. Discoveries include enormous new cyclones swirling around the planet’s poles, a magnetic field that’s much more variable than expected, a newly discovered belt of ammonia encircling Jupiter’s equator, and some evidence that Jupiter’s core is not as dense and compact as once thought. The science is great and fascinating. But let’s be honest: We’re here for the pictures. And Juno is delivering unprecedented, beautiful portraits of Jupiter. The images processed by NASA and citizen scientists are arresting: one part van Gogh, one part Pillars of Creation. Jupiter’s clouds have a stormy, gauzy quality, like cream swirling in the largest imaginable cup of coffee. Add to that the awesome size of what’s in them: Even small details on Jupiter can be larger than the entire Earth. www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/5/21/17353110/jupiter-photos-juno-high-res-clouds-great-red-spot
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Tennesseer
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Jupiter
Dec 24, 2018 18:52:05 GMT -5
Post by Tennesseer on Dec 24, 2018 18:52:05 GMT -5
Nice pics!
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happyhoix
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Jupiter
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Post by happyhoix on Dec 27, 2018 8:10:16 GMT -5
Beautiful. Like a Van Gogh painting, almost.
I didn't realize Jupiter was such a stormy planet. Imagine storms the size of planet earth - make us seem very puny!
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Tennesseer
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Post by Tennesseer on Dec 27, 2018 8:16:38 GMT -5
Beautiful. Like a Van Gogh painting, almost.
I didn't realize Jupiter was such a stormy planet. Imagine storms the size of planet earth - make us seem very puny!
And makes us individual humans seem even punier.
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