Here's Jupiter Like You've Never Seen It Before As Astronomers 'Get Lucky' [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

May 8, 2020,02:00am EDT

Jamie Carter Senior Contributor



This image showing the entire disk of Jupiter in infrared light was compiled from a mosaic of nine ... [+] INTERNATIONAL GEMINI OBSERVATORY/NOIRLAB/NSF/AURA, M.H. WONG (UC BERKELEY) AND TEAM ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: MAHDI ZAMANI

Some of the highest resolution images of Jupiter ever obtained from the ground have been shot from the Gemini North telescope on Hawaii’s Maunakea volcano.

Remarkably, when combined with those of the Hubble Space Telescope and NASA’s Juno mission at Jupiter, the resulting multi-wavelength images reveal lightning strikes.

They also reveal something new about Jupiter's “Great Red Spot.”

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2020/05/08/heres-jupiter-like-youve-never-seen-it-before-as-astronomers-get-lucky/#bf1db6735cf8