Picked up from Twitter is this stunning view of Jupiter with Io in transit. Ah, the wonders of space.
The Jovian system truly fascinates me. Such an amazing, violent, awe-inspiring place.
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Showing posts with label Jupiter. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Jupiter's Northern Lights
The aurora phenomenon on Jupiter was discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectograph (STIS) in 1998. This link will take you to the Hubble STIS site (like a sci-fi picture book). http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0009a.html
Discoveries suggest that Jupiter's aurora may be 1000 times more powerful than Earth's. http://www.sprl.umich.edu/CassiniHSTJupiterflyby/
That must be some light show! :O
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