Posted on 01/11/2018 2:21:52 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
A stunning new Nasa image shows raging storms on Jupiter with clouds that stretch for thousands of miles - and it looks just like an oil painting.
Nasa's Juno spacecraft was a little more than one Earth diameter from Jupiter - or 8,292 miles (13,345 kilometres) - when it captured this mind-bending view of the planet's tumultuous atmosphere.
The incredible colour-enhanced image was captured at a latitude of 48.9 degrees and depicts vasts swirling cloud formations that travel at about 129,000 mph (60 km/s) over the gas giant planet's surface.
The spacecraft, which has been orbiting the planet since 2016, took the image during a flyby on 16th December 2017 at 9:43 a.m. PST (12:43 p.m. EST).
'Jupiter completely fills the image, with only a hint of the terminator (where daylight fades to night) in the upper right corner, and no visible limb (the curved edge of the planet)', a Nasa spokesperson said.
Citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran processed this image using data from the JunoCam images.
The space agency also released additional images showing the view from high above Jupiter's clouds. They were processed by citizen scientists David Marriott and Kevin Gill.
Last month the space agency showed a similar oil painting-like image of the planet taken from just 11,700 miles (19,000 km) from the tops of Jupiter’s clouds — roughly the distance between New York City and Perth, Australia.
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That would make a cool Jigsaw Puzzle!
http://puzzlesprint.com/photo-jigsaws/
That’s actually a REALLY great idea - and doable! See above link. My daughter loves doing puzzles - she might be interested in something like this.
5,000 pieces? (Just kidding!)
I bet she’d love it!
Did you get 21twelve from Rush’s Album? Been a favorite back then.
That’s a spacey Side 1.....
VERY COOL!
I can't help but think that that is not good sailing weather. I'm trying, and failing to visualize a wind that fast. 60 km/s = 36 mi/s. Wow!
Vincent would applaud!
Top Left Quadrant = “It’s Full of Stars!”
Top Right Quadrant = “Mute Nostril Agony.”
Not exactly ... the visible wavelength color filters are broadband, with no gaps between them. Download the JunoCam Technical Paper, and learn more than you ever wanted to know about a "pushframe" imaging sensor.
It’s a beautiful thing to see but I wouldn’t have an oil painting that looks like that on my wall.
It looks like an “oil painting” by a person who cannot paint.
That’s what Earth will look like in a few years unless a universal carbon tax is enacted. /s
It looks like a mask, or perhaps a variation of the famous painting ‘THe Scream’
van Gogh LIVES!
I thinks there’s a couple of extra zeros in that wind speed...otherwise the atmosphere would be going into orbit...
I know it sounds crazy, but the name of my punk rock band is “Mute Nostril Agony.”
Cream in my coffee ...
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