Jupiter pics are the coolest planet pics I've ever seen

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1Carnophile

Jan 9, 2018, 11:26 pm

Seriously cool.

http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-s-1-billion-probe-just-sent-back-mind-meltingly...

2pgmcc

Jan 10, 2018, 2:00 am

>1 Carnophile: Thanks for the link. There are some amazing images coming back. The ones of the poles are eally interesting.

3wcarter

Jan 10, 2018, 2:23 am

The close ups of Jupiter’s surface would make great endpapers for a quality astronomical book, instead of marbling.

4krazy4katz

Jan 10, 2018, 9:39 pm

>1 Carnophile: Thank you! Incredibly gorgeous! Like surrealistic paintings.

5Carnophile

Jan 10, 2018, 10:38 pm

Someone described them as like the coolest lava lamp ever.

6bnielsen

Jan 11, 2018, 3:11 am

By Jove!

7DugsBooks

Edited: Jan 11, 2018, 11:19 am

>6 bnielsen: ~:-) >1 Carnophile: Nice pics! Presented really well by the article. I bet we see the animations or reproductions in upcoming SF movies.

8stellarexplorer

Jan 11, 2018, 12:53 pm

Thank you for the link - astonishing!

9dypaloh

Mar 16, 2018, 5:43 pm

>1 Carnophile: Wow. These are seriously great. And "perijove" is now my new favorite word.

10DugsBooks

Edited: Sep 4, 2018, 8:47 am

A new Hubble photo of an obscure nebula getting some publicity, other interesting photos at the site.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2018/hubbles-lucky-observation-of-an-...

11dypaloh

Sep 11, 2018, 10:11 pm

>10 DugsBooks: "Lucky observation." And lucky us, to get to see it. Thanks!

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