Europa and Jupiter from Voyager 1 (Astronomy Picture of the Day)

APOD.NASA ^ | 28 Jun, 2020 | Alexis Tranchandon / Solaris / NASA

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: What are those spots on Jupiter? Largest and furthest, just right of center, is the Great Red Spot -- a huge storm system that has been raging on Jupiter possibly since Giovanni Cassini's likely notation of it 355 years ago. It is not yet known why this Great Spot is red. The spot toward the lower left is one of Jupiter's largest moons: Europa. Images from Voyager in 1979 bolster the modern hypothesis that Europa has an underground ocean and is therefore a good place to look for extraterrestrial life. But what about the dark spot on the upper right? That is a shadow of another of Jupiter's large moons: Io. Voyager 1 discovered Io to be so volcanic that no impact craters could be found. Sixteen frames from Voyager 1's flyby of Jupiter in 1979 were recently reprocessed and merged to create the featured image. About 43 years ago, Voyager 1 launched from Earth and started one of the greatest explorations of the Solar System ever.

[MtnClimber]

Photo at link.

[MtnClimber]

Photo at link.

[Redcitizen]

V-GER ping.

[Redcitizen]

[ProtectOurFreedom]

My dad was the program manager for the RTG power plants on Voyager 1 and 2. Well done, Dad!

[SuperLuminal]

Fabulous! Better hide the photo... It will be offensive to someone for sure...

[Redcitizen]

I’ll hide it on the dark side of the moon.

[MtnClimber]

That is pretty cool!

[Redcitizen]

congrats from me as well. That Voyager is an amazing craft and those RTG Powerplants always impressed me as to how long they give out power.

[SunkenCiv]

That bald abstinent sex machine character in the pretty bad first Star Trek movie? The actress died 22 years ago, not counting that performance.

[bobby.223]

‘The Oyster Planet’. Or something else maybe...

[SunkenCiv]

It is not yet known why this Great Spot is red.

The Not-So-Great Spot is pretty plain, hence the name. :^)

[Whatever Works]

My dad was the manager at the Cape that launched it!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Cool! Dad took the whole family to the first launch, but I had business obligations I couldn’t get out of. I regret to this day not saying “I have to miss this and go to the launch.”

Amazing times. I look at all the young people on SpaceX and remember those old days with all of Dad’s amazing projects with fondness.

[SunkenCiv]

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[jmacusa]

I was looking at Jupiter and Mars about an hour ago. Three of Jupiter's moons were visible.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Ah, Persis Khambatta. Supposedly her untimely death was an Indian political hit-job.

I have to admit, I actually love the first movie. In fact, it’s my favorite of the whole franchise. I appreciate the slow pacing (compared to the nausea-inducing half-second cuts in films of the past 2 decades because audiences can’t stand anything slower) and Jerry Goldsmith’s magnificent score (one of the best ever done). The opening scene with the Klingon ships meeting V’Ger is worth the price of admission alone.

I met the director, Robert Wise, at a film lecture at Vanderbilt (he was not happy with it, though. It was acknowledged he did not have a grasp of the Trek universe, partially why the film was so heavy on drama and light on humor).

He wasn’t lacking for talent, because he had multiple Oscar wins (for “West Side Story” and “The Sound Of Music”) and was the film editor for arguably the greatest American movie ever made, “Citizen Kane.” He also directed what many consider to be the greatest sci-fi film ever made, “The Day The Earth Stood Still.” Aside from his negative experience with ST:TMP, I’d say the one where he was ordered by the studio to re-edit another film masterpiece, “The Magnificent Ambersons”, was the worst. Destroyed his relationship with Orson Welles.

[MCEscherHammer]

Black Spots Matter!

[cgbg]

Jupiter is so racist—ban the planet and ban it now!