Posted on 06/26/2018 12:49:24 PM PDT by Simon Green
Nasa has released stunning images of Jupiter taken from the Juno spacecraft.
The breathtaking images show swirling cloud belts and tumultuous vortices within Jupiter’s northern hemisphere.
Scientists said the photos allowed them to see the planet’s weather system in greater detail.
According to the space station, the brighter colours in the images represent clouds made up of ammonia and water, while the darker blue-green spirals represent cloud material "deeper in Jupiter's atmosphere."
At the time Juno was about 9,600 miles from the planet's cloud tops.
The Juno satellite was launched in order to improve Nasa’s understanding of the solar system's beginnings by revealing the origin and evolution of Jupiter.
It was launched on August 5 2011 and its mission will end in July 2021
Open the pod bay doors, HAL!
I love puns and am ashamed that I had not thought of that one. Good on ya.
Heinlein was a genius, especially considering the era when he grew up.
I like the way you think, son. Except we’ll be stymied by the Jupiter EPA.
Van Morrison’s less talented second cousin?
You are false data.
- Dark Star
That’s why we need to limit the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) to earth and create the EPA (Engineering of Planetary bodies Agency) for everything non-earth.
That’s why we need to limit the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) to earth and create the EPA (Engineering of Planetary bodies Agency) for everything non-earth.
2nd pic looks like an Hieronymus Bosch painting of hell.
That lower pic reminds me of some eerie surrealistic art.
modern "art" doesn't even come close
Not enough "Tera."
It would make a great test for your Turbulent Flow Calculation software! Enter the photo and run the program backward to determine original, static conditions.
“Computational Fluid Dynamics”, IIRC
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