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I’m gonna butt in too.

Another reason the shadows are fuzzy is that Jupiter’s moons have an atmosphere, and, what we see as a surface on Jupiter is not solid, but, clouds that are not solid at all.

We were out that night and watched Jupiter come up out of the ocean. Didn’t get a very good view of any of the shadows as the air was not very transparent. The larger shadow in the bottom right was easy to see, but, the other two were problematic at best. The Red spot was visible and helpful to find the shadows. Had Jupiter been higher up, it would have been less a problem.

We did our viewing from the salt flats next to the bridge going to Ft Pulaski here in Savannah. We would have been on the causeway itself, but, this was during the government slowdown and they had guards on the causeway keeping folks away. The bridge going to the fort is a popular fishing spot, and, they didn’t want folks out there. Wouldn’t you know, right at Midnight, the guards fired up their engines and left.