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

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coherentpony

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

  • mooredsOP

    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

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

    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

    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

(2016)

jncfhnb

Hubble‘s gonna outlive the JWST.

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