The Clearest Images Of Jupiter Ever Taken

The Clearest Images of Jupiter ever taken

These beautifully real images are some of the closest images of Jupiter. Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, but slightly less than one-thousandth the mass of the Sun. The original image was captured by JunoCam, the camera on NASA's Juno mission in orbit around Jupiter. This image was taken on Juno's 22nd close pass by Jupiter on Sept. 12, 2019 with image processing done by Prateek.

📸: NASA's Juno Space Probe / JunoCam

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So, this beautiful image from the James Webb telescope:

This is the Cliffs of Creation located in the Carina Nebula, approximately 7,600 lights years away.

We can see individual stars being born, eventually they will heat up enough to burn up their surrounding gases and dust.

This is the full Carina Nebula:

So... Where in this nebula are our beautiful cliffs?

Here:

Previously unseen, the James Webb has highlighted this amazing small bubble.

Edited: previous image I had highlighted the wrong area.

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oh okay. heart steps right out of my chest and falls down the stairs

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Space Station Silhouette on the Moon : What’s that unusual spot on the Moon? It’s the International Space Station. Using precise timing, the Earth-orbiting space platform was photographed in front of a partially lit gibbous Moon last month. The featured composite, taken from Payson, Arizona, USA last month, was intricately composed by combining, in part, many 1/2000-second images from a video of the ISS crossing the Moon. A close inspection of this unusually crisp ISS silhouette will reveal the outlines of numerous solar panels and trusses. The bright crater Tycho is visible on the upper left, as well as comparatively rough, light colored terrain known as highlands, and relatively smooth, dark colored areas known as maria. On-line tools can tell you when the International Space Station will be visible from your area. via NASA

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2 years ago

the new composite james webb image is so beautiful ive been staring at it for 10 minutes straight

featuring jupiters rings, europa (along with a bunch of other moons), the northern and southern auroras, and the great red spot

Comparing the rotations of objects in the Solar System. Just look at them lol.✨🪐

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