#spaceexploration – by @astronautariana on Instagram
I find this image fascinating! Had to post it. The great wonders of the universe.
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is perhaps one of the most recognizable features of our Solar System. The \ »spot\ » is actually a massive, turbulent storm roughly the size of three and a half Earths. The storm has been circling the planet for at least 186 years. This classic photograph was created from three black and white negatives from Voyager 1’s 1979 flyby of the gas giant. In 2012, Voyager 1 entered interstellar space, the region between stars — and is still sending signals back to Earth. Talk about return on investment…
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