Jupiter is near opposition, which is when it is opposite of the sun. It is also closest to Earth at this time of the year, allowing this stunning shot using a 1 meter telescope. Jupiter has a stormy cloud like atmosphere creating strips of different collored swirling clouds. The two dots one above and one to the left are two of Jupiter's biggest moons. Io is the one to the left and is extremely volcanic and has many sulfuric geysers. The other moon is Ganymede, known for its icy surface. It also has a atmoshere simulare to Earths. Scientists believe that under the ice is an huge body of water. These are two of the four moons Galileo saw in his observations. This picture interested me because my research project is on Jupiter's moons so it cool to see more pictures of Jupiter and its moons now that I know more about them.
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