Jupiters Red Spots
by Gemini Observatory NSF
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Jupiters Red Spots
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Gemini Observatory NSF
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Photograph - Photograph
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Jupiter and its two red spots (which appear white because this is a near-infrared image; in visible light they appear reddish). White indicates cloud features at relatively high altitudes; blue indicates lower cloud structures; and red represents still deeper cloud features. The two red spots appear more white than red, because their tops hover high above the surrounding clouds. Also prominent is the polar stratospheric haze, which makes Jupiter bright near the pole. Other tiny white spots are regions of high clouds, In visible light Jupiter looks orangish, but in the near-infrared the blue color is due to strong absorption features. The blue mid-level clouds are also closest to what one would see in a visual light image. Image taken at Gemini North, Hawaii on July 14 2006 by the Near-Infrared Imager (NIRI) using the ALTAIR adaptive optics system.
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June 2nd, 2013
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