Space Swoon: NASA’s Juno spacecraft caught gorgeous photo of Jupiter solar eclipse
September 24th, 2019 by Caffeine Powered
Hell yeah! You want some photos of a solar eclipse on Jupiter? Well, motherfucker, you’re in the right place. NASA’s Juno spacecraft snapped these photos during a fly-by, and we’re all the richer for it.
On September 12, NASA’s Juno spacecraft performed its twenty-second close flyby of Jupiter, careening down until it was just 8,000 kilometers (4,970 miles) above the gas giant’s clouds
From that epic vantage point, Juno then snapped a stunning series of photos of the shadow of Jupiter’s moon Io on the planet. In other words, it captured images of a solar eclipse on a planet besides Earth from space.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
New Perspective
The images of Jupiter’s solar eclipse are breathtaking. It almost looks like someone drilled a hole through to the planet’s center, or perhaps spilled a really, really big vat of Vantablack on Jupiter’s surface.
But no, the images depict a natural phenomenon that happens regularly here on Earth — but thanks to Juno, we’re able to appreciate it in a way never before possible.
Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Björn Jónsson
