A Jupiter-Io Montage from New Horizons

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zorg.ch #105277 by [z]Barbara Harris @ 09.01.2008 00:00 - nach oben - A Jupiter-Io Montage from New Horizons Explanation: As the New Horizons spacecraft sweeps through the Solar System, it is taking breathtaking images of the planets. In February of last year, New Horizons passed Jupiter and the ever-active Jovian moon Io. In this montage, Jupiter was captured in three bands of infrared light making the Great Red Spot look white. Complex hurricane-like ovals, swirls, and planet-ringing bands are visible in Jupiter's complex atmosphere. Io is digitally superposed in natural color. Fortuitously, a plume was emanating from Io's volcano Tvashtar. Frost and sulfuric lava cover the volcanic moon, while red-glowing lava is visible beneath the blue sunlight-scattering plume. The robotic New Horizons spacecraft is on track to arrive at Pluto in 2015. Note: Meet sky enthusiasts, astro bloggers, and APOD editor RN in Austin tonight. Credit & Copyright