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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
A Jupiter-Io Montage from New Horizons
Explanation: As the New Horizons spacecraft sweeps through the Solar System, it is taking breathtaking images of the planets. In February of last year, New Horizons passed Jupiter and the ever-active Jovian moon Io . In this montage , Jupiter was captured in three bands of infrared light making the Great Red Spot look white. Complex hurricane-like ovals , swirls, and planet-ringing bands are visible in Jupiter's complex atmosphere . Io is digitally superposed in natural color. Fortuitously, a plume was emanating from Io 's volcano Tvashtar . Frost and sulfuric lava cover the volcanic moon, while red-glowing lava is visible beneath the blue sunlight-scattering plume. The robotic New Horizons spacecraft is on track to arrive at Pluto in 2015.
Note: Meet sky enthusiasts, astro bloggers, and APOD editor RN in Austin tonight.
| Date | January 8, 2008 |
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| Credit | Credit: NASA , Johns Hopkins U. APL , SWRI |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
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ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |