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Stunning, Detailed New Image of Jupiter

Posted by jamie on from the dr.-zeus dept.

darenw writes "From the Cassini spacecraft's flyby of Jupiter in late 2001, a new mosaic image has been assembled, revealing a stunning amount of detail, beautiful waves, swirls and spots in Jupiter's atmosphere. Get the story and images at the Cassini imaging team website." This is a huge image. My eyeball guess is that each pixel is the size of Pennsylvania.

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  1. I'm just wondering... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    why can't we ever get a "stunning, detailed new image" of Jennifer Connolly's breasts around here for a change?

  2. fakes by eyeball · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can just see the people that say the moon landings were fake now... "Those images of Jupiter can't be real. There aren't any stars in the background!"

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    1. Re:fakes by orthogonal · · Score: 4, Funny

      I can just see the people that say the moon landings were fake now... "Those images of Jupiter can't be real. There aren't any stars in the background!"

      This image of Jupiter is an obvious fake. There's no monolith full of stars in the foreground.

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  3. Neat-o by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes, let's fly the spaceship right between the miniature asteroid belts. Rad idea.

  4. Re:No Need to 'Eyeball Guess', stupid. Just RTFA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's unbelievable that someone would submit an article WITHOUT ACTUALLY READING IT FIRST.
    You must be new around here...