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PIA00014: Jupiter Great Red Spot
Jupiter Great Red Spot
Target Name: Jupiter
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Voyager
Spacecraft: Voyager 1
Instrument: Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Product Size: 895 samples x 848 lines
Produced By: JPL
Producer ID: P21151
Addition Date: 1996-02-01
Primary Data Set: Voyager EDRs
Full-Res TIFF: PIA00014.tif (1.502 MB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA00014.jpg (56.12 kB)

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This dramatic view of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and its surroundings was obtained by Voyager 1 on Feb. 25, 1979, when the spacecraft was 5.7 million miles (9.2 million kilometers) from Jupiter. Cloud details as small as 100 miles (160 kilometers) across can be seen here. The colorful, wavy cloud pattern to the left of the Red Spot is a region of extraordinarily complex end variable wave motion. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the Voyager mission for NASA's Office of Space Science.
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