To celebrate World Space Week, we"re featuring this montage of images of Jupiter courtesy of the New Horizons probe"s flyby of the planet in 2007. If Jupiter looks a little different than you"re used to seeing, it"s because it was imaged using the space probe"s near-infrared imaging spectrometer. In this false-color image, Jupiter"s high-altitude clouds, like its stormy Great Red Spot, are rendered white, while deeper cloud formations take on reddish hues. The planet"s innermost moon, Io, is captured in a true-color composite image during one of its frequent volcanic eruptions. A close look will show lava is glowing red beneath the blue and white plume of particles being ejected into the moon"s thin atmosphere.
Infrared Jupiter, erupting Io
Today in History
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Spotted Lake emerges
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World Lizard Day
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Westerheversand Lighthouse
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Kissing Day
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Saksun, Faroe Islands, Denmark
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A treaty for science
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Blue paradise on the Costa Brava
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In orbit for Yuri s Night
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Come out of your shell for World Turtle Day
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Reflecting on Black History Month
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Pandas pucker up for International Kissing Day
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Welcome to the pack
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Spring awakens
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A visit to Limerick on Limerick Day
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Red Planet Day
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Sea fireflies at the seashore
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Prayer flags in Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan
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Morocco in bloom
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Travel Sunday: Flamenco in Granada, Andalusia, Spain
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Stompin’ with the Big Chief
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Honoring the first American woman in space