Astronomy Picture of the Day- Government shutdown so no APOD Today. I will dig up some of my favorites - Jupiter in Infrared from Gemini

NASA ^ | 13 May, 2020 | Image Credit: International Gemini Observatory, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA; M. H. Wong (UC Berkeley) & Team;

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: In infrared, Jupiter lights up the night. Recently, astronomers at the Gemini North Observatory in Hawaii, USA, created some of the best infrared photos of Jupiter ever taken from Earth’s surface, pictured. Gemini was able to produce such a clear image using a technique called lucky imaging, by taking many images and combining only the clearest ones that, by chance, were taken when Earth's atmosphere was the most calm. Jupiter’s jack-o’-lantern-like appearance is caused by the planet’s different layers of clouds. Infrared light can pass through clouds better than visible light, allowing us to see deeper, hotter layers of Jupiter's atmosphere, while the thickest clouds appear dark. These pictures, together with ones from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Juno spacecraft, can tell us a lot about weather patterns on Jupiter, like where its massive, planet-sized storms form.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa

[MtnClimber]

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[MtnClimber]

[Fledermaus]

Couldn’t someone have just pre-program the APOD to update automatically?

[MtnClimber]

Pinging the APOD list

🪐 🌟 🌌 🍔

[ComputerGuy]

That almost looks Halloweenish.

[MtnClimber]

Couldn’t someone have just pre-program the APOD to update automatically?

I am sure they have a labor intensive "process" that must be followed before any public release of information. I would imagine DEI checklist, muslim outreach checklist, racial sensitivity checklist, etc. Lots of checklists that must be signed off by authorized subject matter experts, stamped by Quality Control, logged and filed. Those are all likely nonessential jobs so no new APODs.

[SkyDancer]

Jupiter is on fire!

[telescope115]

Cool photo!

[minnesota_bound]

You will notice the many other storms on Jupiter as big as the Great Red Spot.

[BBB333]

“Jupiter is on fire!”

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(Katie Porter’s daughter Betsy): “And we’re all going to die!”