Jupiter

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Caption:

This crescent view of Jupiter was taken by Voyager 1 on March 24, 1979. This image was taken through three color filters and recombined to produce the color image. This photo was assembled from three black and white negatives by the Image Processing Lab at Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Background Info:

JPL manages and controls the Voyager project for NASA's Office of Space Science.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name	Value	Additional Values
Target	Jupiter
System
Target Type	Planet
Mission	Voyager
Instrument Host	Cassini Orbiter	Voyager 1
Host Type	Orbiter	Flyby Spacecraft
Instrument	Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)
Detector
Extra Keywords	Color
Acquisition Date
Release Date	1998-09-21
Date in Caption	1979-03-24
Image Credit	NASA/JPL
Source	photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01324
Identifier	PIA01324