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Io-lor_0034685519_0x630_sci_1.jpgIo: the "Sulphur World" from New Horizons91 visitenessun commentoMareKromium

Io-lor_0034785119_0x630_sci_1~0.jpgIo, from New Horizon (Natural Colors; credits: Lunexit)91 visitenessun commento1 commentiMareKromium

Io-lor_0035102969_0x630_sci_1.jpgMoments of Tvashtar (1)77 visitenessun commentoMareKromium

Io-lor_0035116949_0x630_sci_1.jpgMoments of Tvashtar (2)92 visitenessun commentoMareKromium

Io-lor_0035222842_0x630_sci_2.jpgMoments of Tvashtar (3)69 visitenessun commentoMareKromium

Io-sulphur_s role-PIA02547_modest.jpgThe Role of Sulphur in Io's Volcanoes68 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Sulphur gas, consisting of pairs of sulphur atoms (S2) - as detected above Io's volcano Pele by the HST in October 1999 - is ejected from the hot vents of Io's volcanoes (green arrow). Such sulphur gas lands on the cold surface where the sulphur atoms rearrange into molecules of 3 or 4 atoms (S3 and S4) which give the surface a reddish color. In time, the atoms rearrange into their most stable configuration (S8) that forms ordinary pale-yellow sulphur".

Io_Europa-040207.jpgIo and Europa, from New Horizons82 visiteThis beautiful image of the crescents of volcanic Io and more sedate Europa was snapped by New Horizons' color Multispectral Visual Imaging Camera (MVIC) at 10:34 UT on March 2, 2007, about two days after New Horizons made its closest approach to Jupiter.
The picture was one of a handful of the Jupiter System that New Horizons took primarily for their artistic, rather than scientific value. This particular scene was suggested by space enthusiast Richard Hendricks of Austin, Texas, in response to an Internet request by New Horizons scientists for evocative, artistic imaging opportunities at Jupiter.

This image was taken from a range of 4,6 MKM (about 2,8 MMs) from Io and 3,8 MKM (about 2,4 MMs) from Europa. Although the moons appear close in this view, a gulf of 790.000 Km (490.000 miles) separates them. The night side of Io is illuminated here by light reflected from Jupiter, which is out of the frame to the right. Europa's night side is completely dark, in contrast to Io, because that side of Europa faces away from Jupiter.

Here, Io steals the show with its beautiful display of volcanic activity. Three volcanic plumes are visible. Most conspicuous is the enormous 300-Km(190-mile) -high plume from the Tvashtar volcano at the 11 o'clock position on Io's disk. Two much smaller plumes are barely visible: one from the volcano Prometheus, at the 9 o'clock position on the edge of Io's disk, and one from the volcano Amirani, seen between Prometheus and Tvashtar along Io's Terminator (the line dividing day and night). The plumes appear blue because of the scattering of light by tiny dust particles ejected by the volcanoes, similar to the blue appearance of smoke. In addition, the contrasting red glow of hot lava can be seen at the source of the Tvashtar plume.

The images are centered at 1° North, 60° West on Io, and 0° North and 149° West on Europa.
The color in this image was generated using individual MVIC images at wavelengths of 480, 620 and 850 nanometers. The human eye is sensitive to slightly shorter wavelengths, from 400 to 700 nanometers, and thus would see the scene slightly differently. For instance, while the eye would notice the difference between the yellow and reddish brown colors of Io's surface and the paler color of Europa, the two worlds appear very similar in color to MVIC's longer-wavelength vision.
The night side of Io appears greenish compared to the day side, because methane in Jupiter's atmosphere absorbs 850-nanometer light and makes Jupiter-light green to MVIC's "eyes."

MVIC is a component of the Ralph imaging instrument. MareKromium

Io_Europa-lor_0035136929_0x630_sci_1.jpgEuropa and Io in conjunction (1)84 visitenessun commentoMareKromium

Io_Europa-lor_0035136944_0x630_sci_1.jpgEuropa and Io in conjunction (2)86 visitenessun commentoMareKromium

JUPITER LIGHTNINGS.jpgJupiter's lightninghs80 visitenessun commento

JUPITER from 10,1 MKM.jpgJupiter from 10,1 MKM84 visitePadre degli Dei e Signore incontrastato del Sistema Solare; troppo grande per essere solo un pianeta, ma troppo piccolo per diventare una stella. Con la sua luce giallo-arancio illumina i nostri cieli durante la notte ed è, assieme a Venere, uno dei primi astri ad essere visibile verso l'imbrunire ed è l'unico corpo celeste che può essere visto ad occhio nudo (sapendo dove guardare...) anche durante il giorno.
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JUPITER from 77,6 MKM.jpgJupiter from 77,6 MKM55 visiteDid you know that the "Planet With The Shortest Day" is Jupiter?
The planet Jupiter has the shortest day of all the nine major planets in the Solar System: it spins around on its axis once every 9 hrs 55 mins and 29,69 secs. Jupiter is about five times further from the Sun than the Earth and so it's years are much longer than Earth years: Jupiter completes one "year" in 4.332,6 Earth days. Jupiter is also one of the brightest objects in the night sky (jointly with the star Syrius and planet Venus in our Northern Hemisphere and with the Alpha and Beta Centauri star system in the Southern Hemisphere).

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