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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: DCPatriot on January 23, 2013, 11:56:00 am

Title: Stunning view of Jupiter and its moons as taken by Voyager
Post by: DCPatriot on January 23, 2013, 11:56:00 am

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=29530   [full resolution pic]

(http://files.abovetopsecret.com/files/img/vj50fe4e6d.jpg)

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Title: Re: Stunning view of Jupiter and its moons as taken by Voyager
Post by: mountaineer on January 23, 2013, 01:49:51 pm

Wow! That's spectacular.

Title: Re: Stunning view of Jupiter and its moons as taken by Voyager
Post by: Relic on January 23, 2013, 02:02:17 pm

Good thing we've stopped doing this sort of thing.

Title: Re: Stunning view of Jupiter and its moons as taken by Voyager
Post by: massadvj on January 23, 2013, 02:29:00 pm

My, what a huge canvas for my wife to landscape.

Title: Re: Stunning view of Jupiter and its moons as taken by Voyager
Post by: Oceander on January 26, 2013, 01:09:24 am

Wow.  The hi-rez image is absolutely stunning.  And the images used to make that one picture were taken back in 1979.  Can you imagine the sort of pictures we could get if we send a Son-of-Voyager mission out now?