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Hubble Captures Vivid Auroras in Jupiter's Atmosphere (2016)

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56 points by mooreds 10 months ago · 14 comments

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coherentpony 10 months ago

Here's a timelapse of the aurora: https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/hubble-time-lapse-of-a...

  • mooredsOP 10 months ago

    Amazing! Can you imagine being in that storm? (Not that you could see the same thing as the photo because it was in UV. And you'd probably be dead :) )

rakic 10 months ago

This is a well known photoshopped image by NASA.

The aurora was added to the following photo, taken on April 21, 2014: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140517.html

  • prhrvtvv 10 months ago

    Yes, NASA released a composite to show where the body of the planet would be because it's not well illuminated in UV.

    But here's a guide to show how the aurora animation can be made from real data taken by Hubble: https://www.planetarylightshow.com/aurora_processing.html

  • mock-possum 10 months ago

    It’s poorly photoshopped too, imo. It looks like what it is - a composite of two disparate images, superimposed to give a sense of scale / positioning. Even if you could see in UV with the naked eye it would probably not look like this.

    This image is more like a map that shows Russia and Alaska superimposed to compare relative size. It’s not realistic.

LorenDB 10 months ago

(2016)

jncfhnb 10 months ago

Hubble‘s gonna outlive the JWST.

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