Dark Belt Reappearing on Jupiter Credit: NASA’s JPL, U. Oxford, UC Berkeley, Gemini Obs. (North), USC Philippines
Posted on 11/30/2010 5:28:47 AM PST by Straight Vermonter
Dark Belt Reappearing on Jupiter Credit: NASA’s JPL, U. Oxford, UC Berkeley, Gemini Obs. (North), USC Philippines
Explanation: Why are planet-circling clouds disappearing and reappearing on Jupiter? Although the ultimate cause remains unknown, planetary meteorologists are beginning to better understand what is happening. Earlier this year, unexpectedly, Jupiter’s dark Southern Equatorial Belt (SEB) disappeared.
The changes were first noted by amateurs dedicated to watching Jupiter full time. The South Equatorial Band has been seen to change colors before, although the change has never been recorded in such detail. Detailed professional observations revealed that high-flying light-colored ammonia-based clouds formed over the planet-circling dark belt.
Now those light clouds are dissipating, again unveiling the lower dark clouds. Pictured above two weeks ago, far infrared images — depicted in false-color red — show a powerful storm system active above the returning dark belt. Continued observations of Jupiter’s current cloud opera, and our understanding of it, is sure to continue.
Back off on the jalepenos, flares will subside.
Additional info here:
How Jupiter is Getting Its Belt Back
http://www.universetoday.com/79931/how-jupiter-is-getting-its-belt-back/
Stripes Are Back in Season on Jupiter
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-397
Assteroids?
Jupiter and Uranus have a lot of gas.
I don't know if you've noticed, but most people on this planet seem to be going absolutely insane.
Just look at the headlines this week.
Gamma Rays?
Sounds gay.
Doc says that comes from sitting in a chair all day, using the PC.
What sounds gay?
How Jupiter is Getting Its Belt Back
Stripes Are Back in Season on Jupiter
That’s an awfully big effect for a “planet” which is supposed to be 4 billion years old and presumably in stable equilibrium...
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You seem obsessed with gaiety.
Heh heh. Good movie!
I'm set up for deep space imaging, not planetary imaging. This out of focus, with poor resolution image, was the best effort the optical train and camera could produce. I will eventually get a camera designed for capturing planetary images, using video. I will take the video and use software that will capture and process only the best video frames, and combine or stack them together for planetary imaging. The planetary images produced by video method, will be 100 times better resolution...Most serious planetary amateur astronomers are using simple modified web-cams which produce way better images than what is seen here. This image was just a single frame shot with a Canon DSLR.
It should be noted, when viewed directly through the telescope eyepiece, the surface or atmospheric cloud detail of Jupiter is extremely sharp. So sharp, when Jupiter's moons pass in front of the planet, their circular shadows can be easily seen and tracked across the face of Jupiter. Seeing this occur, basically in real time, is quite spectacular.
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