Voyager mosaic of the Great Red Spot of Jupiter

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Voyager mosaic of the Great Red Spot of Jupiter

This 12-footprint color mosaic of Jupiter's Great Red Spot was composed of 24 images captured through orange and violet filters by Voyager 1 on March 4,1979 at a distance of about 1.85 million km. The first image (C1635314.IMQ) was obtained at 07:08:36 and the last one (C1635400.IMQ) at 07:45:24. The resolution is roughly 24 km/pixel in the "click to enlarge" version; for a full-resolution version at 18 km/pixel (2.5 MB), click here.

NASA / JPL / Björn Jónsson

NASA / JPL / SSI / Björn Jónsson

Voyager mosaic of the Great Red Spot of Jupiter (labeled)

The blue "X"s on this version of Björn Jónsson's Great Red Spot mosaic mark cloud features that might display shadows from vertical relief of the clouds.

Copyright holder: Björn Jónsson

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Contact us to request publication permission from the copyright holder. Original image data dated on or about March 4, 1979