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Stunning 'oil painting' image of Jupiter captured by Nasa’s Juno probe (tr)
Daily Mail ^ | Jan 11, 2018 | Phoebe Weston

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: geraldeichstadt; juno; junoprobe; jupiter; zeus
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Full title: Stunning 'oil painting' image of Jupiter captured by Nasa’s Juno probe reveals raging storms and clouds that travel at 129,000mph

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1 posted on 01/11/2018 2:21:52 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

That would make a cool Jigsaw Puzzle!


2 posted on 01/11/2018 2:30:13 AM PST by LiveFreeOrDie2001 ( Thank GOD Hillary didn't get elected!)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
colour-enhanced image. That means it's missing the in-between parts of the visible spectrum separating red, green, and blue. Not exactly false color, but just missing the regions that represent the gray portions.
3 posted on 01/11/2018 2:42:01 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: LiveFreeOrDie2001

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!)


4 posted on 01/11/2018 2:46:59 AM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
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To: 21twelve

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.....


5 posted on 01/11/2018 2:50:50 AM PST by LiveFreeOrDie2001 ( Thank GOD Hillary didn't get elected!)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

VERY COOL!


6 posted on 01/11/2018 3:02:11 AM PST by mylife ( The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
...depicts vasts swirling cloud formations that travel at about 129,000 mph (60 km/s) over the gas giant planet's surface.

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!

7 posted on 01/11/2018 3:53:14 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
We'd better send some robots there!
8 posted on 01/11/2018 3:58:54 AM PST by \/\/ayne (-.. .-. .. -. -.- / -- --- .-. . / --- ...- .- .-.. - .. -. .)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

9 posted on 01/11/2018 4:00:26 AM PST by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Vincent would applaud!


10 posted on 01/11/2018 4:03:51 AM PST by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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To: Salamander

Top Left Quadrant = “It’s Full of Stars!”

Top Right Quadrant = “Mute Nostril Agony.”


11 posted on 01/11/2018 4:24:20 AM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder
That means it's missing the in-between parts of the visible spectrum separating red, green, and blue.

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.

12 posted on 01/11/2018 4:26:02 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

It’s a beautiful thing to see but I wouldn’t have an oil painting that looks like that on my wall.


13 posted on 01/11/2018 4:33:15 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

It looks like an “oil painting” by a person who cannot paint.


14 posted on 01/11/2018 4:46:20 AM PST by anton
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

That’s what Earth will look like in a few years unless a universal carbon tax is enacted. /s


15 posted on 01/11/2018 4:46:44 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

It looks like a mask, or perhaps a variation of the famous painting ‘THe Scream’


16 posted on 01/11/2018 4:58:55 AM PST by toucan
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

van Gogh LIVES!


17 posted on 01/11/2018 5:03:56 AM PST by Adder (Mr. Franklin: We are trying to get the Republic back!)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

I thinks there’s a couple of extra zeros in that wind speed...otherwise the atmosphere would be going into orbit...


18 posted on 01/11/2018 5:06:25 AM PST by Fish Speaker (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: shibumi

I know it sounds crazy, but the name of my punk rock band is “Mute Nostril Agony.”


19 posted on 01/11/2018 5:27:44 AM PST by T-Bone Texan
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Cream in my coffee ...


20 posted on 01/11/2018 5:34:17 AM PST by IronJack (A)
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