Jupiter and GanyMead Shadow Outer Space Image Metal Print

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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.'...

"For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." Robert Louis Stevenson... My photography reflects such wanderlust. I record images of places to which I wander and distractions along the way. I love to share my joy of living at the beach and our travels afar, bringing you photographic art that reflects what I see. I have had my work published for more than half a century, starting as a junior reporter for a local newspaper in 1964. I have been involved with industrial photography, wedding photography and real estate photography but my love has always been landscape and seascape photography. Today I concentrate strictly on photography as art. Purchase one of my pieces to...