| NASA Center: |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Image # : |
PIA-01512 |
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| Date : |
03/01/1979
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Title
Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Full Description
As Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter, it captured this photo of the
Great Red Spot. The Great Red Spot is an anti-cyclonic (high-
pressure) storm on Jupiter that can be likened to the worst
hurricanes on Earth. An ancient storm, it is so large that
three Earths could fit inside it. This photo, and others of
Jupiter, allowed scientists to see different colors in clouds
around the Great Red Spot which imply that the clouds swirl
around the spot (going counter-clockwise) at varying altitudes.
The Great Red Spot had been observed from Earth for hundreds
of years, yet never before with this clarity and closeness
(objects as small as six hundred kilometers can be seen). The
Voyager mission has been managed by NASA's Office of Space
Science and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Keywords
Voyager Jupiter Great Red Spot JPL Grand Tour
Subject Category
Voyager-Galileo, Planet-Jupiter,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
JPL
- Center Number:
PIA-01512
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2003-000003
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: Digital
| Resolution | Format | Width
(Pixels) | Height
(Pixels) | Size
(KBytes) |
| Thumbnail |
JPEG |
108 |
86 |
13 |
| Small |
JPEG |
865 |
692 |
623 |
| Medium |
JPEG |
1802 |
1442 |
1,717 |
| Large |
JPEG |
3604 |
2883 |
4,227 |
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