Hubble Captures Crisp New Image of Jupiter and Europa

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Hubble Captures Crisp New Image of Jupiter and Europa

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From SpaceTelescope.org:
"This latest image of Jupiter, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on 25 August 2020, was captured when the planet was 653 million kilometres from Earth. Hubble’s sharp view is giving researchers an updated weather report on the monster planet’s turbulent atmosphere, including a remarkable new storm brewing, and a cousin of the Great Red Spot changing colour — again. The new image also features Jupiter’s icy moon Europa."

https://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic2017/

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Re: Hubble Captures Crisp New Image of Jupiter and Europa

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It always amazes me now not real Jupiter looks in images like this. My brain cannot comprehend those clouds at all - the patterns they make, and their structure, etc.
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