Re:Hubble Captures Vivid Auroras in Jupiter's Atmosphere
by mooreds on Saturday March 22, 2025 @01:29PM
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Amazing! Can you imagine being in that storm? (Not that you could see the same thing as the photo because it was in UV. And you'd probably be dead :) )
Re:Hubble Captures Vivid Auroras in Jupiter's Atmosphere
by mock-possum on Monday March 24, 2025 @10:27AM
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It’s poorly photoshopped too, imo. It looks like what it is - a composite of two disparate images, superimposed to give a sense of scale / positioning. Even if you could see in UV with the naked eye it would probably not look like this.
This image is more like a map that shows Russia and Alaska superimposed to compare relative size. It’s not realistic.
https://spacenews.com/hubble-goes-to-single-gyro-operating-m...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12009155
The aurora was added to the following photo, taken on April 21, 2014: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140517.html
But here's a guide to show how the aurora animation can be made from real data taken by Hubble: https://www.planetarylightshow.com/aurora_processing.html
This image is more like a map that shows Russia and Alaska superimposed to compare relative size. It’s not realistic.