PIA00359: Jupiter Great Red Spot and White Ovals

Target Name: Jupiter Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun) Mission: Voyager Spacecraft: Voyager 1 Instrument: Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle Product Size: 916 samples x 783 lines Produced By: JPL Producer ID: P21182 Addition Date: 1999-03-06 Primary Data Set: Voyager EDRs Full-Res TIFF: PIA00359.tif (1.78 MB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA00359.jpg (66.58 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image: This photo of Jupiter was taken by Voyager 1 on March 1, 1979. The spacecraft was 3 million miles (5 million kilometers) from Jupiter at the time. The photo shows Jupiter's Great Red Spot (upper right) and the turbulent region immediately to the west. At the middle right of the frame is one of several white ovals seen on Jupiter from Earth. The structure in every feature here is far better than has ever been seen from any telescopic observations. The Red Spot and the white oval both reveal intricate and involved structure. The smallest details that can be seen in this photo are about 55 miles (95 kilometers) across. JPL manages and controls the Voyager project for NASA's Office of Space Science. Image Credit: NASA/JPL