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New Horizons Probe's Images of Jupiter

Posted by kdawson on from the by-Jupiter dept.

SeaDour writes "The Pluto-bound New Horizons space probe, launched a little over a year ago, recently succeeded in passing through a narrow navigational keyhole by Jupiter. Using the gas giant's tremendous gravity, the craft now has a significant boost toward its final destination, shaving three years off the time it would otherwise spend en-route. As it passed through the Jovian system, the probe took some fantastic images of the neighborhood, including detailed observations of erupting volcanoes on Io, time-lapse photography of Jupiter's tumultuous atmosphere, and the faint ring system that was first discovered in Voyager photography. These new images prove the capabilities of the small probe, which is set to reach Pluto in 2015."

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  1. Forget Jupiter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I want new pictures of Uranus....

  2. Obligatory answer by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No it does not run Linux.

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    Engineering is the art of compromise.
    1. Re:Obligatory answer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      No it does not run Linux.


      Yes, but I can still imagine a beowulf cluster of these probes snapping pictures of Natalie Portman in Soviet Russia.

    2. Re:Obligatory answer by dreamchaser · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I can't imagine that at all without an old korean holding a bowl of hot grits.

  3. Mushroom cloud? by Dunwich · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did anyone else spot the mushroom cloud at "9 o'clock?"

  4. Re:the waiting game? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Riiiight, like Y2K. C'mon, am I the only one who made a few bucks fucking people over in 1999 "emergency"?

  5. To the Slashdot editors by babasyzygy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please print this informative, helpful poster out and display it prominently in your offices.