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Europa Rising
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08.05.2007 00:00
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Europa Rising
Explanation: When passing Jupiter on your way to Pluto, what should you look for?
NASA
pondered just this question recently, and the response from one space enthusiast was to capture the
above breathtaking moonrise
. The
unusual vista
was then actually captured by the
New Horizons spacecraft
in February just after it buzzed past
Jupiter
on its way to
Pluto
and the outer
Solar System
. Visible above is the
cracked surface of Europa
's expansive ice fields, visible just behind a jumble of
Jupiter's swirling clouds
. Europa is one of the largest moons of
Jupiter
and a possible host to sub-surface liquid oceans that are real candidates for containing
extra-terrestrial life
. During the Jupiter flyby,
New Horizons
also carried out scientific observations of
Jupiter's cloud tops
and comparative images of Io's volcanoes and its
continually changing surface
.
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