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The result is absolutely staggering. I've previously missed the Jupiter picture and had to stop and really look to appreciate just how amazing that photo is, le
by jbrooksuk 11y ago
The result is absolutely staggering. I've previously missed the Jupiter picture and had to stop and really look to appreciate just how amazing that photo is, let alone the Pluto one - from the same camera, a mind-boggling distance away from us.
- coldcode 11y agoYeah that picture of Jupiter/Io is amazing.
- a_shane 11y agoI actually had to sit down and think about the implications of these things when I saw the photos - how far we've come, what we've accomplished, the sophistication of our tech... it really is staggering.
- mholt 11y agoDid you notice the aurora on Io?
- jbrooksuk 11y agoI did! I was discussing this with my colleagues.
- yellowapple 11y agoIt's actually a plume from a volcanic eruption, which is even crazier.
- HCIdivision17 11y agoThe image of Io is especially gorgeous. I mean, does Io have an aurora going on there? So I pop "ralph jupiter io blue" into Google and got this: https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_993.html https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_9... Turns out it's from a volcano. Now, I get that we already knew about volcanoes there, and while I never really paid too much care about it, I can't help but be floored by that image. The plume is enormous, and it's blue. There's a lot of really, really cool things going on there (the color from the scattering alone is super neat), and suddenly I'm interested in extraterrestrial volcanoes. I'm embarassed to say I continue to be shocked by how images from space can surprise and delight.
- jbrooksuk 11y ago> I'm embarassed to say I continue to be shocked by how images from space can surprise and delight. Never feel this way. We're tiny, really tiny and that's impressive and scary.