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====== NASA Image of the Day ====== | ====== NASA Image of the Day ====== | ||
- | Date: **Sun 28th June, 2020**\\ | + | Date: **Sun 2nd June, 2024**\\ |
- | Title: **Europa and Jupiter | + | Title: **Rotating Moon from LRO** |
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- | What are those spots on Jupiter? Largest and furthest, just right of center, is the Great Red Spot -- a huge storm system that has been raging on Jupiter possibly since Giovanni Cassini' | + | No one, presently, sees the Moon rotate like this. That' |
- | It is not yet known why this Great Spot is red. The spot toward | + | Given modern digital technology, however, combined with many detailed images returned by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a high resolution virtual Moon rotation movie has been composed. The featured time-lapse video starts with the standard Earth view of the Moon. Quickly, though, Mare Orientale, a large crater with a dark center |
- | Sixteen frames | + | From an entire lunar month condensed into 24 seconds, the video clearly shows that the Earth side of the Moon contains an abundance of dark lunar maria, while the lunar far side is dominated by bright lunar highlands. Currently, over 32 new missions to the Moon are under active development |
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- | About 43 years ago, Voyager 1 launched from Earth and started one of the greatest explorations of the Solar System ever. | + | //If you leave a comment below, please enter the date when referring to images. I can go back and fetch images for a specific date if you request it.// |
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- | Free Download: Voyager Posters | + | |
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- | Click the image for a larger view (opens in a new tab) | + | |
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