Jupiter and GanyMead Shadow Outer Space Image

by Bill Swartwout

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Jupiter and GanyMead Shadow Outer Space Image

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Bill Swartwout

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Photograph - Fine Art Photography

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The Planet, Jupiter, appears to have it's eye on us from outer space. What seems to be a pupil forming an "eye" in Jupiter's great red spot is actually the shadow of Ganymede, one of Jupiter's four major moons. The original image is from the Hubble Space Telescope and is in the public domain (because of our tax dollars at work).

Here is the image caption from the Hubble Heritage Project website: "NASA's Hubble Space Telescopeoften treats astronomers to gorgeous close-up views of the eerie outer planets. But it's a bit of a trick having the planet look back at you! This happened on April 21, 2014, when Hubble was observing Jupiter to monitor changes in it's immense Great Red Spot (GRS) storm. During the exposures, the shadow of the Jovian moon Ganymede swept across the center of the GRS. Ganymede itself was out of view in the Hubble picture. Ganymede's shadow, however, gave the giant planet the uncanny appearance of having a pupil in the center of a 10,000-mile-diameter 'eye.' Momentarily, Jupiter took on the appearance of a Cyclops planet!

Jupiter's four major satellites, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, and their shadows routinely cross the face of Jupiter. This natural-color picture was taken with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3."

Original image credit: Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center)

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September 10th, 2018

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