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Ammonia Clouds on Jupiter
In this movie, put together from false-color images taken by the New Horizons Ralph instrument as the spacecraft flew past Jupiter in early 2007, show ammonia clouds appearing as bright blue areas as they form and disperse.
More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA09922
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute#jupiter #newhorizons #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics
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KSC-05pd2614
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At their consoles in the Atlas V Spaceflight Operations Center on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, members of the New Horizons team take part in a dress rehearsal for the launch scheduled in mid-January. New Horizons carries seven scientific instruments that will characterize the global geology and geomorphology of Pluto and its moon Charon, m...
More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-05pd2614
#pluto #newhorizons #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics