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Title: NASA's $1 billion Jupiter probe just sent back breathtaking new images of the gas giant
Post by: Suppressed on March 30, 2017, 03:59:50 pm

NASA's $1 billion Jupiter probe just sent back breathtaking new images of the gas giant
Space fans are taking the spacecraft's raw data and processing it into colorful pictures.
Published: 29.03.2017 , Refreshed: 08.41 Dave Mosher
http://pulse.ng/bi/tech/tech-nasas-1-billion-jupiter-probe-just-sent-back-breathtaking-new-images-of-the-gas-giant-id6448065.html

A probe the size of a basketball court has taken unprecedented new images of Jupiter.

NASA's $1 billion Juno spacecraft, launched in August 2011, took five years to reach and settle into orbit around the gas giant, which is located more than 415 million miles from Earth.

The probe has so far photographed Jupiter's poles for the first time, detected bizarre cloud formations, recorded mysterious auroras, and scanned deep into the planet's thick cloud tops.

Excerpt.

See images at http://pulse.ng/bi/tech/tech-nasas-1-billion-jupiter-probe-just-sent-back-breathtaking-new-images-of-the-gas-giant-id6448065.html







Some examples are here, also: http://imgur.com/gallery/kqGPJ

(http://i.imgur.com/iERzQ3v.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/yS4KSuA.jpg)

The trajectory a composite image are also there.

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Title: Re: NASA's $1 billion Jupiter probe just sent back breathtaking new images of the gas giant
Post by: Idaho_Cowboy on March 30, 2017, 04:19:13 pm

These are amazing.

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Title: Re: NASA's $1 billion Jupiter probe just sent back breathtaking new images of the gas giant
Post by: Oceander on March 31, 2017, 10:30:40 am

Nice. 

Title: Re: NASA's $1 billion Jupiter probe just sent back breathtaking new images of the gas giant
Post by: Cripplecreek on March 31, 2017, 10:35:38 am

Pretty good considering the fact that the camera was more of an afterthought than part of the science package.

Title: Re: NASA's $1 billion Jupiter probe just sent back breathtaking new images of the gas giant
Post by: Smokin Joe on March 31, 2017, 11:10:12 am

Neat!

Title: Re: NASA's $1 billion Jupiter probe just sent back breathtaking new images of the gas giant
Post by: Ghost Bear on March 31, 2017, 12:30:35 pm

Interesting photos... no sign yet of the North Polar Adepts...