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New Changes in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
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Caption:
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The movement of Jupiter's clouds can be seen by comparing the first map to the second one in this animated pair of images. Zooming in on the Great Red Spot at blue (below, at left) and red (below, at right) wavelengths reveals a unique filamentary feature not previously seen.
Background Info:
Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 3 (WFPC3) was developed jointly by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland; the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland; and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation, Boulder, Colorado.
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | Jupiter | |
| System | Jupiter | |
| Target Type | Planet | |
| Mission | Hubble Space Telescope (HST) | |
| Instrument Host | Hubble Space Telescope | |
| Host Type | Space Telescope | |
| Instrument | WFPC3 | |
| Detector | ||
| Extra Keywords | Atmosphere, Color, Map, Movie, Storm | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2015-10-13 | |
| Date in Caption | ||
| Image Credit | NASA/ESA/GSFC/UCBerkeley/JPL-Caltech/STScI | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19648 | |
| Identifier | PIA19648 | |
