Some Pictures From Space

[Baldy]

These are some pictures, from space, that I've saved over the last few years for varying reasons. Mainly just because I liked them, or found them amazing, or beautiful.

No real reason for posting them, other than I thought some of you might like them also.


Jupiter and Io:

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Io; A lava flow on one of Jupiter's moons:

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Jupiter and Four of her moons:

[ozzman62]

Indeed Sir ! Nice shots they are too. Thanks for the share .

[Canis]

Cool vacation. When did you get back?

[Baldy]

Jupiter's Great Red Spot:

The Great Red Spot (GRS) is a persistent anticyclonic storm, 22° south of Jupiter's equator, which has lasted for at least 180 years and possibly as long as 345 years or more. The GRS rotates counterclockwise, with a period of about six Earth days or 14 Jovian days. Its dimensions are 24–40,000 km west–to–east and 12–14,000 km south–to–north. The spot is large enough to contain two or three planets the size of Earth. At the start of 2004, the Great Red Spot had approximately half the longitudinal extent it had a century ago, when it was 40,000 km in diameter. At the present rate of reduction it could potentially become circular by 2040, although this is unlikely because of the distortion effect of the neighboring jet streams. It is not known how long the spot will last, or whether the change is a result of normal fluctuations.

[Baldy]

More of Jupiter's Great Red Spot; A comparision of The GRS and Earth" size:

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Jupiter seen by Voyager 1 probe with blue filter. One image was taken every Jupiter day (approximately 10 hours). These pictures were taken from 01/06 to 02/03, 1979 ; and Voyager 1 flew from 58 million to 31 million kilometers from Jupiter during that time. The small, round, dark spots appearing in some frames are the shadows cast by the moons passing between Jupiter and the Sun, while the small, white flashes around the planet, are the moons themselves.

[Baldy]

Moving on from Jupiter to Saturn.

Saturn and some of her moons:

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Saturn:

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Saturn, from the Hubble:

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Another from the Hubble, but not of Saturn (to tell you the truth, I can't remember what this really is, but I thought it was cool):

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A Nebula from the Hubble:

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My home, from the Space Shuttle:

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Another of where I live from the Space Shuttle:

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Ariel; One of Uranus's moons:

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Ganymede; A moon of Jupiter and the only moon known to have an atmosphere:

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Enough for now, hope you enjoy them.

[Stormcrow]

This thread rocks! Thanks man.

[LEFT]

KUDOS and junk!

[chi]

:applause:

Thanks, Baldy