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Just In Time for Halloween: Jupiter Gets a Giant Cyclops Eye!
universetoday.com ^
| on October 28, 2014
| Matt Williams
Posted on 10/28/2014 5:39:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin
While this is merely a convenient illusion caused by the passage of Ganymede in front of Jupiter – something it does on a regular basis – the timing and appearance are perfect.
The above image, however, was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on April 21st, 2014, when kids were perhaps thinking of the Easter Bunny, not monsters and goblins. At the time, Hubble was being used to monitor changes in Jupiter’s immense Great Red Spot (GRS) storm.
During the exposures, the shadow of the Jovian moon Ganymede swept across the center of the GRS, giving the giant planet the uncanny appearance of having a pupil in the center of its 16,000 km-diameter (10,000-mile) “eye.”
The conjunction was so perfect, scientists at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center claimed that “For a moment, Jupiter ‘stared’ back at Hubble like a one-eyed giant Cyclops.”
(Excerpt) Read more at universetoday.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: ganymede; greatredspot; jupiter; littleredspot
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot and Ganymede’s Shadow. Image Credit: NASA/ESA/A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center)
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posted on
10/28/2014 5:39:17 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/28/2014 5:42:02 PM PDT
by
doc1019
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/28/2014 5:42:07 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Democrats have a lynch mob mentality. They always have.)
To: BenLurkin; GeronL; Slings and Arrows
(file photo)
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posted on
10/28/2014 5:49:50 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
To: ClearCase_guy
I have no idea what that’s from(DEFINITELY before my time), but I’ve always thought that Moon face thing was stupid looking. lol
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10/28/2014 5:52:02 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: KoRn
A Trip to the Moon (French: Le Voyage dans la Lune) is a 1902 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès.
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10/28/2014 5:58:57 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Democrats have a lynch mob mentality. They always have.)
To: BenLurkin
Next thing we will hear that The 1 Eye Purple People Eater have been discocered.
To: Patriot Babe
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posted on
10/28/2014 6:04:31 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: KoRn
The 3D movie ‘Hugo’ , 2011, was about George Milies. We really enjoyed it!
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posted on
10/28/2014 6:06:05 PM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
(Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
To: a fool in paradise
Energy monster - Johnny Quest.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/28/2014 6:28:35 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Space BUMP)
To: a fool in paradise
doesn’t look like Jupiter to me...
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10/28/2014 6:37:46 PM PDT
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GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Patriot Babe
ahem - the proper name is 1 eyed, 1 horned, flying purple people eater.
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10/28/2014 6:45:13 PM PDT
by
reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
To: mikrofon
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posted on
10/28/2014 6:46:02 PM PDT
by
uncitizen
(Buckle up! We're on the Facism Fast Track!)
To: mikrofon
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posted on
10/28/2014 7:07:02 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: GeronL
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posted on
10/28/2014 7:11:27 PM PDT
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a fool in paradise
(Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
To: mikrofon
I see what you did there.
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10/28/2014 7:18:54 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(People will stare. Make it worth their while.)
To: mikrofon
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posted on
10/28/2014 7:49:34 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
To: reed13k
Thanks it has been ages I heard that song, Yet I figure that it was around the words purple oeople eater.
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