A Jupiter-Io Montage from New Horizons
Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins U. APL, SWRI
Posted on 01/08/2008 3:30:51 PM PST by sig226
Explanation: As the New Horizons spacecraft sweeps through the Solar System, it is taking breathtaking images of the planets. In February of last year, New Horizons passed Jupiter and the ever-active Jovian moon Io. In this montage, Jupiter was captured in three bands of infrared light making the Great Red Spot look white. Complex hurricane-like ovals, swirls, and planet-ringing bands are visible in Jupiter's complex atmosphere. Io is digitally superposed in natural color. Fortuitously, a plume was emanating from Io's volcano Tvashtar. Frost and sulfuric lava cover the volcanic moon, while red-glowing lava is visible beneath the blue sunlight-scattering plume. The robotic New Horizons spacecraft is on track to arrive at Pluto in 2015.
That is way cool!
Thanks!!
Awesome pic this one.
Breathtaking indeed!
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Thanks for the break from politics. These photos put everything in perspective. :)
It is beyond cool. It is downright cold out there.
The spacecraft to Mercury is mere days away now. This is more hot than cool.
Mercury is relatively boring. Cool none the less but not as cool as a first look at pluto but that’s going to be a while.
Amazing what the space agencies have done with the few grudging pennies their governments have allowed. Spacecraft going to all the planets, many of the multitudinous moons, and some comets and asteroids. Must be dozens onroute to one place or another. It’s not science really, but very fine exploration.
NO! And leave your sister alone or I'll pull this truck over!
wicked cool
Unbelievable photo. I can’t believe we’ll be to Pluto in 2015!! Wonder if it will still be a “planet” by then.
Stunning. Thanks.
It will if Alan Stern (mission PI and Associate Administrator of NASA) has anything to say about it...
Awesome picture. Hope I’m around for Pluto pics.
wow, pretty amazing u can see the lava
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