New Images of Jupiter From Cassini 10
Mike Parsons writes "BBC News is showing some new images of Jupiter recorded by the cameras from the Cassini spacecraft. Here is a quote: Cloudy belts and zones dominate Jupiter's appearance - the darker belts alternating with lighter zones. Scientists think the pale zones are areas of rising atmosphere, partly because many clouds on Earth form where atmosphere rises. Conversely, the dark belts have been viewed as areas where the atmosphere descends. However, pictures from the Cassini spacecraft tell a different story."
New? (Score:4, Funny)
BTW, its primary mission is Saturn, but passed by Jup to speed it up to shorten the journey. It stole some orbital energy from Jup. You have to be a brave probe to steal from the biggest planet. Wait until Jup finds out
Re:New? (Score:2, Insightful)
The article says December 2000, taking pictures for 6 months.
But if you haven't seen the pictures before, they're new to you...
Whoever it is who keeps posting these... (Score:2, Informative)
Details (Score:1)
Re:Details (Score:5, Insightful)
Even if its instruments were only of Voyager quality (and they aren't, they're better), it would still be a very useful mission simply because it will be able to take a lot more data over it's lifetime.
Saturn images (Score:5, Informative)
(My best attempt at taking a picture of Saturn is here [firestorm.cx] - hmpf