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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-16 Ganymede Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Voyager 2 color photo of Ganymede, the largest Galilean satellite, was taken on July 7, 1979, from a range of 1.2 million kilometers.
PIA01972:
Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-07-16 Io Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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The trailing face of Jupiter's inner satellite Io is shown in this photo taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on March 3, 1979, from a distance of 1.7 million miles.
PIA01986:
Io - Jupiter's inner satellite
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-07-23 Ganymede Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 1 took this picture of Jupiter's satellite Ganymede from a distance of 5 million miles (8.025 million kilometers) early on the morning of Feb. 26. Ganymede is the largest of Jupiter's 13 satellites.
PIA01987:
Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-07-23 Io Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This NASA Voyager 2 picture of Io was taken in ultraviolet light on the evening of July 4, 1979, at a range of 4.7 million kilometers (2.9 million miles).
PIA01989:
Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-13 Io Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This NASA Voyager 1 view of an equatorial region near longitude 300 degrees shows several large surface flows that originate in volcanic craters or calderas.
PIA02201:
Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-01-04 Io Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This picture of Io was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on the morning of March 5, 1979 at a range of about 92,000 km (55,000 mi.).
PIA02231:
Io - high resolution
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-01-04 Io Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This picture of Io captured by NASA's Voyager 1 was taken on the morning of March 5 at a range of 75,445 kilometers.
PIA02232:
Io - High Res Limb
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-01-04 Ganymede Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This picture of Ganymede captured by NASA's Voyager 1 was taken on the afternoon of March 5, from a range of 272,000 kilometers.
PIA02233:
Ganymede - high resolution
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-03-23 Io Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This photo of Io, innermost of the four large Galilean satellites of Jupiter, was taken through an ultraviolet filter by the narrow angle camera of NASA's Voyager 1.
PIA02248:
Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-03-23 Io Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image was acquired by NASA's Voyager 1 as it approached close passage by the south pole of Io, the innermost of the four large Galilean satellites.
PIA02249:
Io - South Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-03-23 Io Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This picture of part of the southern hemisphere of Io was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 at a range of 74,675 km and shows an area at the terminator, very close to the edge of the disk as viewed from the spacecraft.
PIA02250:
Io - Southern Hemisphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-03-23 J Rings Voyager
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First evidence of a ring around the planet Jupiter is seen in this photograph taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on March 4, 1979. The multiple exposure of the extremely thin faint ring appears as a broad light band crossing the center of the picture.
PIA02251:
Jupiter's Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-03-23 Ganymede Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This view of Ganymede was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on the afternoon of March 5 from a range of 267,000 kilometers (167,000 miles).
PIA02252:
Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-04-24 Callisto Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This black and white image of Callisto was taken by NASA's Voyager 2 about 3:20 A.M PDT Saturday, July 7, from a range of about 1.1 million kilometers (675,000 miles).
PIA02253:
Callisto
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-03-23 Io Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 took this picture of Io July 10, 1979, from a range of 1.2 million kilometers (750,000 miles).
PIA02254:
Io - Crescent with Plumes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-04-06 Jupiter Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This frame from a movie records an eruptive event in the southern hemisphere of Jupiter over a period of 8 Jupiter days. As NASA's Voyager 2 approached Jupiter in 1979, it took images of the planet at regular intervals.
PIA02257:
Voyager 2 Jupiter Eruption Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-04-06 Jupiter Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This frame from a movie shows a portion of Jupiter in the southern hemisphere over 17 Jupiter days. As NASA's Voyager 1 approached Jupiter in 1979, it took images of the planet at regular intervals.
PIA02258:
Voyager 1 Jupiter Southern Hemisphere Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-04-06 Jupiter Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This frame from a movie shows the portion of Jupiter around the Great Red Spot as it swirls through more than 60 Jupiter days. As NASA's Voyager 1 approached Jupiter in 1979, it took images of the planet at regular intervals.
PIA02259:
Voyager 1 Red Spot Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-25 Callisto Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This picture of a multi-ring basin on Callisto was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on the morning of March 6, 1979, from a distance of about 200,000 km.
PIA02277:
Callisto Basin
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-25 Ganymede Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This picture of Ganymede, Jupiter's largest satellite, was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on the afternoon of March 5, 1979 from a range of 253,000 kilometers (151,800 miles).
PIA02278:
Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-25 Ganymede Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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On the afternoon of March 5, 1979, NASA's Voyager 1 took this picture of Ganymede, Jupiter's largest satellite, from a range of 246,000 km (158,400 mi).
PIA02279:
Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-25 Io Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This picture of Io, Jupiter's innermost Galilean satellite, was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on the morning of March 5, 1979, during the closest approach to this satellite.
PIA02280:
Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-25 Ganymede Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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RIGHT: This picture shows part of the surface of Ganymede as viewed from a range-of 120,000 km by NASA's Voyager 2 on July 9th. In the foreground is typical grooved terrain as seen by Voyager 1.
PIA02281:
Ganymede - Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-25 Ganymede Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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Two close-up photos of Ganymede, largest of Jupiter's 13 moons, were obtained on July 8 by NASA's Voyager 2 from 86,000 miles (top) and 192,000 miles.
PIA02282:
Ganymede - Close Up Photos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-25 Ganymede Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Voyager 2 took this picture of Ganymede on 5 March 1979. It was taken with the narrow-angle camera from a range of 270,000 kilometers.
PIA02286:
Ganymede Varied Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-25 Io Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 1 took this narrow-angle camera image on 5 March 1979 from a distance of 450,000 kilometers. At this geometry, the camera looks straight down through a volcanic plume at one of Io's most active volcanos, Pele.
PIA02287:
Io Pele Plume
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-25 Io Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Voyager 1 took this narrow-angle camera image on 5 March 1979 from a distance of 69,000 kilometers. The feature shown is a volcanic caldera which may be actively spewing material into space (dark gray fuzz near upper-right part of the caldera rim).
PIA02288:
Io Caldera
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-12-19 Jupiter Voyager
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This is a frame from the original Voyager 'Blue Movie' (so named because it was built from Blue filter images). It records the approach of NASA's Voyager 1 during a period of over 60 Jupiter days.
PIA02855:
Voyager 1 "Blue Movie" Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-12-19 Io Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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During its 1979 flyby, NASA's Voyager 2 observed Io only from a distance. However, the volcanic activity discovered by Voyager 1 months earlier was readily visible.
PIA02857:
Io Rotation Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-12-19 Io Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Voyager 2 observed Io on the far side of Jupiter in this set of images. This sequence of nine images was collected using the Green filter from about 1.2 million kilometers.
PIA02858:
Jupiter-shine' on Io Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Jupiter Voyager
VG Imaging Science Subsystem
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This large brown oval, photographed on Mar. 2, 1979 by NASA's Voyager 1. Features of this sort are not rare on Jupiter and have an average lifetime of one to two years. Above the feature is the pale orange North Temperate Belt.
PIA00015:
Large Brown Oval
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Europa Voyager
VG Imaging Science Subsystem
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This archival image taken by NASA's Voyager 2, is of Europa, the smallest Galilean satellite. The bright areas are probably ice deposits, whereas the darkened areas may be the rocky surface or areas with a more patchy distribution of ice.
PIA00325:
Europa Crescent
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-27 Jupiter Juno
Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS)
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The south pole of Jupiter and a potential transient luminous event — a bright, unpredictable, and extremely brief flash of light — is seen in this annotated image of data acquired on April 10, 2020, from Juno's UVS instrument.
PIA24050:
Possible Jupiter Sprite
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-03-16 Jupiter Juno
Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS)
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This illustration depicts ultraviolet polar aurorae on Jupiter and Earth.
PIA24433:
Aurorae on Jupiter and Earth
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-05-25 Jupiter Juno
Ultraviolet Spectrograph
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The complexity and richness of Jupiter's 'southern lights' (also known as auroras) are on display in this frame from an animation of false-color maps from NASA's Juno spacecraft.
PIA21643:
Jupiter's Southern Lights Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-06-30 Jupiter Juno
Subaru Telescope
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This false-color image of Jupiter was taken on May 18, 2017, with the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii. The Great Red Spot appears at the lower center of the planet as a cold region with a thick cloud layer.
PIA21714:
Jupiter With Great Red Spot, Mid-Infrared, May 2017
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-06-30 Jupiter Juno
Subaru Telescope
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This frame from a video shows Jupiter as revealed by a powerful telescope sensitive to the giant planet's tropospheric temperatures and cloud thickness. It combines observations made on Jan. 14, 2017, using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii.
PIA21715:
Rotating Jupiter With Great Red Spot, January 2017 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-08 Jupiter Subaru Telescope
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Scientists used red, blue and yellow to infuse this infrared image of Jupiter's atmosphere, which was recorded by the Subaru Telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii on Jan. 12, 2017.
PIA22774:
Jupiter Poles: Hot from Solar Wind
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-08 Jupiter Subaru Telescope
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Sensitive to Jupiter's stratospheric temperatures, these infrared images were recorded by the Subaru Telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Areas that are more yellow and red indicate the hotter regions.
PIA22775:
Heating Up Jupiter's Atmosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-05-25 Jupiter Juno
Stellar Reference Unit (SRU-1)
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As NASA's Juno spacecraft flew through the narrow gap between Jupiter's radiation belts and the planet during Perijove 1, on Aug. 27, 2016, the SRU star camera collected the first image of Jupiter's ring system from the inside looking out.
PIA21644:
Jupiter Ring, With Orion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-03-30 Jupiter Juno
Stellar Reference Unit (SRU)
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This animation gives an X-ray view of the Juno spacecraft's Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) star camera as it is bombarded by high-energy particles in Jupiter's inner radiation belts.
PIA24436:
High Energy and Juno's Stellar Reference Unit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-06-08 Ganymede Juno
Stellar Reference Unit (SRU)
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This image of the dark side of Ganymede was obtained by Juno's Stellar Reference Unit navigation camera during its June 7, 2021, flyby of the moon.
PIA24682:
Close-up of Dark Side of Jupiter Moon Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-12-17 Jupiter Juno
Stellar Reference Unit (SRU)
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This high-resolution image of Jupiter's main dust ring was collected by the Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) navigation camera aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft.
PIA25038:
Jupiter's Main Dust Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-12-17 Jupiter Juno
Stellar Reference Unit (SRU)
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This annotated, high-resolution image of Jupiter's main dust ring was collected by the Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) navigation camera aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft.
PIA25039:
Perseus and Jupiter's Main Dust Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-05 Europa Juno
Stellar Reference Unit (SRU)
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Surface features of Jupiter's icy moon Europa are revealed in an image obtained by Juno's Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) during the spacecraft's Sept. 29, 2022, flyby.
PIA25332:
Juno's Star Camera Sees Europa Close-Up
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-19 Jupiter Juno
SRU
MWR
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This animation shows the overlap of the field of view of NASA's Juno spacecraft's Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) star camera and Microwave Radiometer (MWR) Antenna-1 beam.
PIA22967:
Juno SRU and MWR Coverage (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-19 Jupiter Juno
SRU
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This animation is an artist's rendition of NASA's Juno spacecraft inbound -- over Jupiter's north pole -- approach to Perijove 17. During the flyby the SRU obtained the closest view of Jupiter's aurora with a visible light imager to date.
PIA22962:
Juno's Perijove 17 (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-19 Jupiter Juno
SRU
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This image shows Jupiter's ring -- half in Jupiter's shadow -- as captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft during its 13th science orbit on July 16, 2018.
PIA22963:
Jupiter's Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-19 Jupiter Juno
SRU
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This image shows the dark side of Jupiter during Perijove 11 as captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft on Feb. 7, 2018.
PIA22964:
Dark Side Courtesy of Jupiter's Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-19 Jupiter Juno
SRU
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This image shows the dark side of Jupiter as captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft. The clouds are illuminated by moonlight from Jupiter's moon Io.
PIA22965:
Juno Images Jupiter's Dark Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-19 Jupiter Juno
SRU
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This image shows Jupiter's northern auroral oval as captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft on May 24, 2018 (Perijove 13).
PIA22968:
Juno's SRU Captures Jupiter Lightning
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-11 Jupiter Juno
SRU
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This image from NASA's Juno mission is the first observation of shallow lightning flashes, signatures of high-altitude Jovian thunderstorms that may fundamentally influence the composition of Jupiter's atmosphere.
PIA24301:
Jupiter's Shallow Flashes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-11 Jupiter Juno
SRU
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This composite image from NASA's Juno mission shows small lightning flashes observed on Jupiter's cloud tops.
PIA24302:
Jovian Flashes Close Up
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Jupiter Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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These four images of Jupiter and the luminous night-side impact of fragment W of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 were taken NASA's Galileo spacecraft on July 22, 1994.
PIA00139:
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Fragment W Impact With Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-06-06 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft, now in orbit around Jupiter, returned this optical navigation image June 3, 1996, showing that the spacecraft is accurately targeted for its first flyby of the giant moon Ganymede on June 27.
PIA00273:
Optical Navigation Image of Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Io Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Volcanic hot spots and auroral emissions glow on the darkside of Jupiter's moon Io in the image at left. The image was taken by the camera onboard NASA's Galileo spacecraft on 29 June, 1996 UT while Io was in Jupiter's shadow.
PIA00274:
Io Glowing in the Dark
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Europa Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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False color has been used here to enhance the visibility of certain features in this composite of three images of the Minos Linea region on Jupiter's moon Europa taken on 28 June 1996 by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA00275:
Europa In Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Ridges, grooves, craters and relatively smooth areas in the Uruk Sulcus region of Jupiter's moon Ganymede are shown in this high-resolution image captured by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its first flyby of Ganymede on June 27, 1996.
PIA00276:
Ganymede - Ridges, Grooves, Craters and Smooth Areas of Uruk Sulcus Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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These images demonstrate the dramatic improvement in the resolution of pictures that NASA's Galileo spacecraft returned compared to previous images of the Jupiter system.
PIA00277:
Ganymede - Comparison of Voyager and Galileo Resolution
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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This view of a part of the Galileo Regio region on Jupiter's moon Ganymede shows fine details of the dark terrain that makes up about half of the surface of the planet-sized moon.
PIA00278:
Ganymede - Dark Terrain in Galileo Regio
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Ancient impact craters shown in this image of Jupiter's moon Ganymede taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft testify to the great age of the terrain, dating back several billion years.
PIA00279:
Ganymede - Ancient Impact Craters in Galileo Regio
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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A mixture of terrains studded with a large impact crater is shown in this view of the Uruk Sulcus region of Jupiter's moon Ganymede taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its first flyby of the planet-sized moon on June 27, 1996.
PIA00280:
Ganymede - Mixture of Terrains and Large Impact Crater in Uruk Sulcus Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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A mosaic of four Galileo high-resolution images of the Uruk Sulcus region of Jupiter's moon Ganymede is shown within the context of an image of the region taken by Voyager 2 in 1979.
PIA00281:
Ganymede - Galileo Mosaic Overlayed on Voyager Data in Uruk Sulcus Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-08 Io Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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The mottled face of Jupiter's volcanically active moon Io as viewed by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA00282:
Io - Full Disk Centered on Media Regio
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Europa Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Jupiter's moon Europa, as seen in this image taken June 27, 1996 by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, displays features in some areas resembling ice floes seen in Earth's polar seas.
PIA00291:
Europa's Broken Ice
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-08 Io Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Three full-disk color views of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io as seen by NASA's Galileo spacecraft are shown in enhanced color to highlight details of the surface.
PIA00292:
Three Views of Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-10 Io Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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This image, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, shows a blue-colored volcanic plume consistent with the presence of sulfur dioxide gas and 'snow' condensing from the gas as the plume expands and cools.
PIA00293:
Eruption on Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Europa Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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On June 27, 1996, during Galileo's first orbit around Jupiter, a newly discovered impact crater could be seen just right of the center of this image of Jupiter's moon Europa returned by NASA's Galileo spacecraft camera.
PIA00294:
Europa's Active Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Europa Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Dark crisscrossing bands on Jupiter's moon Europa represent widespread disruption from fracturing and the possible eruption of gases and rocky material from the moon's interior in this four-frame mosaic of images from NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA00295:
Dark Bands on Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Jupiter Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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This view of Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a mosaic of two images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. The Great Red Spot is a storm in Jupiter's atmosphere and is at least 300 years-old. The image was taken on June 26, 1996.
PIA00296:
Jupiter's Great Red Spot
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The Great Red Spot (GRS) of Jupiter as seen by NASA's Galileo imaging system. The image is a mosaic of six images taken over an 80 second interval during the first GRS observing sequence on June 26, 1996.
PIA00488:
Great Red Spot Mosaic - Near-infrared Filter
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False color representation of Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS) taken by NASA's Galileo imaging system. The Great Red Spot appears pink and the surrounding region blue because of the particular color coding used in this representation.
PIA00489:
False Color Mosaic Great Red Spot
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This montage features activity in the turbulent region of Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS). Four sets of images of the GRS were taken by NASA's Galileo imaging system over an 11.5 hour period on 26 June, 1996.
PIA00490:
Features of Jupiter's Great Red Spot
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Five color views of Jupiter's moon Io, as seen by NASA's Galileo spacecraft camera, were taken between the 25th and the 29th of June, 1996.
PIA00491:
Five Color Views of Io
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A mosaic of four Galileo images of the Galileo Regio region on Ganymede (Latitude 18 N, Longitude: 149 W) is shown overlayed on the data obtained by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1979.
PIA00492:
Galileo Regio Mosaic - Galileo over Voyager Data
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A mosaic of four Galileo images of the Uruk Sulcus region on Ganymede (Latitude 11 N, Longitude: 170 W) is shown overlayed on the data obtained by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1979.
PIA00493:
Uruk Sulcus Mosaic - Galileo over Voyager Data
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Io, the most volcanic body in the solar system, is seen in front of Jupiter's cloudy atmosphere in this image taken Sept. 7, 1996, by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, now orbiting the giant planet.
PIA00494:
Io in front of Jupiter
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Volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io are compared in these images from NASA's Galileo spacecraft (right) taken in early September of this year, and from the Voyager spacecraft (left) taken in 1979.
PIA00495:
Changing volcanoes on Io
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Circular rims of these craters located at a high northern latitude on Jupiter's moon Ganymede are seen in this image taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on September 6, 1996.
PIA00496:
Ice-frosted crater tops on Ganymede
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft obtained this image on Sept.6, 1996, showing part of the surface of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, where new terrain overlays older terrain.
PIA00497:
Ganymede's Nippur Sulcus
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Topographic detail is seen in a stereoscopic view of this part of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. This image is a computer reconstruction from two images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in 1996.
PIA00498:
Stereo View of Ganymede's Galileo Regio
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This image, taken on September 7, 1996 by NASA's Galileo orbiter, shows two views of the trailing hemisphere of Jupiter's ice-covered satellite, Europa. Europa is about 3,160 kilometers (1,950 miles) in diameter, or about the size of Earth's moon.
PIA00502:
Natural and False Color Views of Europa
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Scientists spotted what appear to be thunderheads on Jupiter bright white cumulus clouds similar to those that bring thunderstorms on Earth, at the outer edges of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The photos were taken by NASA's Galileo orbiter on June 26, 1996.
PIA00506:
Thunderheads on Jupiter
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A portion of a chain of impact craters on Jupiter's moon Callisto is seen in this image from NASA' Galileo spacecraft on November 4, 1996. This crater chain on Callisto is believed to result from the impact of a split object, similar to the fragments.
PIA00514:
A Chain of Impact Craters on Callisto
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A portion of the central zone of the large impact structure Valhalla on Jupiter's moon Callisto was imaged by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on November 4, 1996.
PIA00516:
Callisto's Valhalla Impact Structure
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This four-frame mosaic shows the ancient impact structure Asgard on Jupiter's moon Callisto. This image was taken on November 4, 1996, by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its third orbit around Jupiter.
PIA00517:
Asgard Impact Structure on Callisto
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This view of Jupiter's moon Europa shows a portion of the surface that has been highly disrupted by fractures and ridges. This image was taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on November 6, 1996.
PIA00518:
Ridges on Europa
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Topographic detail is seen in this stereoscopic view of the Galileo Regio region of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. The picture is a computer reconstruction from two images taken by NASA's Galileo during 1996.
PIA00521:
Stereo View of Ganymede's Galileo Region
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These two views of Jupiter obtained by NASA's Galileo spacecraft show evidence of strikingly different stratospheric hazes between the polar regions and low or mid latitudes. The Great Red Spot shows in one mosaic taken on June 26, 1996.
PIA00522:
Jupiter Stratospheric Haze Comparison
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Shown here is a highest-resolution image of Io (Latitude: -60 to +20 degrees, Longitude: 150 to 230 degrees) acquired by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, revealing a great variety of landforms.
PIA00536:
Geologic Landforms on Io
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Shown here is a portion of a high-resolution image of Io (Latitude: +10 to +60 degrees, Longitude: 180 to 225 degrees) acquired by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, revealing immense lava flows and other volcanic landforms.
PIA00537:
Volcanically Active Regions on Io
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The ring system of Jupiter was imaged by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on November 9, 1996. In this image the west ansa of Jupiter's main ring is seen at a resolution of 24 kilometers per pixel.
PIA00538:
The Main Ring of Jupiter (clear filter)
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This image of Europa, an icy satellite of Jupiter, was obtained from a range of 39028 miles (62089 kilometers) by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its fourth orbit around Jupiter and its first close pass of Europa.
PIA00539:
Jupiter's Icy Satellite Europa
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The icy surface of Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter, was photographed by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on its fourth orbit around Jupiter.
PIA00540:
Flows on Europa
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This image of Europa, an icy satellite of Jupiter about the size of the Earth's Moon, was obtained from a range of 7415 miles (11933 kilometers) by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its fourth orbit around Jupiter and its first close pass of Europa.
PIA00541:
Macula on Europa
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This image of Jupiter's satellite Europa was obtained from a range of 7364 miles (11851 km) by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its fourth orbit around Jupiter and its first close pass of Europa.
PIA00542:
Prominent Doublet Ridges on Europa
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This is a composite of two images of Jupiter's icy moon Europa obtained from a range of 2119 miles (3410 kilometers) by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its fourth orbit around Jupiter and its first close pass of Europa.
PIA00543:
Structurally Complex Surface of Europa
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Jupiter's moon, Europa, is seen in this image taken by NASA's Galileo Orbiter. The smallest visible feature is about the size of a football field.
PIA00544:
Ridges on Europa
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This false color mosaic shows a belt-zone boundary near Jupiter's equator. The images that make up the four quadrants of this mosaic were taken within a few minutes of each other. These images were taken on Nov. 5, 1996 by NASA's Galileo orbiter.
PIA00548:
False Color Mosaic of Jupiter's Belt-Zone Boundary
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This mosaic of three images shows an area within the Valhalla region on Jupiter's moon, Callisto, as seen by NASA's Galileo orbiter.
PIA00549:
Callisto Crater Chain Mosaic
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