Image:PIA02863 - Jupiter surface motion animation.gif
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This looping animation shows the movement of Jupiter's counter-rotating cloud bands. In this image, the planet's exterior is mapped onto a cylindrical projection.It also shows the Great Red Spot which is larger than Earth and was observed in 17th century and shows no signs of going away soon.
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current | 17:01, 6 March 2006 | 1,799×600 (7.51 MB) | Brian0918 | (Original Caption Released with Image: "The first color movie of Jupiter from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows what it would look like to peel the entire globe of Jupiter, stretch it out on a wall into the form of a rectangular map, and watch its atmospher) |
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