Jupiter throughout the ages: our changing view of the planet through time.

Jupiter throughout the ages: our changing view of the planet through time.

1879: Agnes M. Clerke
One of the oldest photos of Jupiter.

1891: Lesia/BDIP
A photo taken at the Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, California.

1974: A photo captured by Pioneer 11 from above Jupiter’s north pole.

1979: taken by Voyager 1 dubbed the Voyager “Blue Movie” which depicted the motion of the atmospheric bands, taken over a period of 60 days at regular intervals.

2000: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
A true-colour simulated view of Jupiter made of 4 images taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on December 7, 2000. You can make out a shadow on the planet cast by Jupiter’s moon Europa.

2007: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Goddard Space Flight Center
An image created from a montage of Jupiter and its volcanic moon Io. The images were taken by the New Horizons spacecraft in 2007. The large blue circle is actually the Great Red Spot.

2019: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA M.H. Won
The Gemini images, when combined with the Hubble and Juno observations, reveal that lightning strikes, and some of the largest storm systems that create them, are formed in and around large convective cells over deep clouds of water ice and liquid. The new observations also confirm that dark spots in the famous Great Red Spot are actually gaps in the cloud cover and not due to cloud color variations.”

2022: NASA's Juno Spacecraft
A mind of limits, a camera of thoughts" is the name of this contribution from citizen scientist Prateek Sarpal. Jupiter inspires artists and scientists with its beauty. In this image, south is up, and the enhanced color evokes an exotic marble and childhood joy. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, Image processing by Prateek Sarpal, copyright CC NC SA)