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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Jupiter's Great Red Spot from Voyager 1
NASA ^
| May 18, 2014
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 05/18/2014 10:06:01 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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[Credit: NASA, JPL; Digital processing: Björn Jónsson (IAAA)]
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posted on
05/18/2014 10:06:01 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
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05/18/2014 10:07:03 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Be interesting to see what dropping a giant bottle of Clearasil on it would do.
To: SunkenCiv
"a more full understanding of the gigantic storm cloud remains a topic of continued research, and may result in a better understanding of weather here on Earth." Here, liberals just say "it's Bush's fault". It seems to be a great timesaver.
Great picture though!
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posted on
05/18/2014 10:14:33 AM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
("Compromise" means you've already decided you lost.)
To: SunkenCiv
That storm is bigger than our entire planet.
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posted on
05/18/2014 10:20:10 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Its my freedom. YES. I will be keeping it.)
To: SunkenCiv
Really looking forward to Juno’s arrival at Jupiter in 2016.
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05/18/2014 10:21:29 AM PDT
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cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: SunkenCiv
Not bad image resolution from 35 years ago. Way better than my Kodachrome slides.
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05/18/2014 10:30:35 AM PDT
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cicero2k
To: cicero2k
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posted on
05/18/2014 10:32:46 AM PDT
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cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: SunkenCiv
Recorded as shrinking since the 1930s, the rate of the Great Red Spot's size appears to have accelerated just in the past few years. ![](http://i0.wp.com/nerdbastards.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/4.jpg)
It's all good. Just stay off Europa.
To: SunkenCiv
'Shopped to a 16:10 format image, suitable for background...
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05/18/2014 10:48:42 AM PDT
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mikrofon
(APOD Bump)
To: SunkenCiv
I always wonder what Jupiter’s surface would be, and what is the red dot.
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05/18/2014 10:51:33 AM PDT
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Vinylly
(?%)
To: SunkenCiv
“When I consider the heavens, the works of Your fingers, the moon and the stars that You have made, who is man that You should consider him, and who am I that You should think of me?”
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posted on
05/18/2014 11:43:55 AM PDT
by
60Gunner
(Fight with your head high, or grovel with your head low.)
To: martin_fierro
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05/18/2014 12:03:37 PM PDT
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TribalPrincess2U
(0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
To: SunkenCiv
Vincent Van Gogh, please pick up the white courtesy phone...
It’s as if he copied his style from the Great Red Spot.
To: TheOldLady
LOL! Good comparison, Lady!
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05/18/2014 12:16:51 PM PDT
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luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l)
To: LUV W
Hi sweetie! Nice to see you.
To: Colonel_Flagg
If it has been shrinking since the 1930s, then it’s Herbert Hoover’s fault, not George W. Bush’s fault.
To: TheOldLady
Or maybe that’s the look he was going for with his ear...
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05/18/2014 4:25:42 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Vinylly
Jupiter and the other “gas giants” probably have a rocky core under there somewhere, or (in the case of Uranus and Neptune, which have two magnetic poles) more than one. But they have a density close to that of water, so most of their mass is not a solid. :’)
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05/18/2014 4:28:34 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Delta 21
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05/18/2014 4:29:16 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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