The Camera Behind The New Pluto Photos

Re:The Camera Behind The New Pluto Photos by jbrooksuk on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @06:50AM (#9890641)

The result is absolutely staggering. I've previously missed the Jupiter picture and had to stop and really look to appreciate just how amazing that photo is, let alone the Pluto one - from the same camera, a mind-boggling distance away from us.

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Re:The Camera Behind The New Pluto Photos by HCIdivision17 on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @10:57AM (#9891593)

The image of Io is especially gorgeous. I mean, does Io have an aurora going on there? So I pop "ralph jupiter io blue" into Google and got this:

https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_9...

Turns out it's from a volcano. Now, I get that we already knew about volcanoes there, and while I never really paid too much care about it, I can't help but be floored by that image. The plume is enormous, and it's blue. There's a lot of really, really cool things going on there (the color from the scattering alone is super neat), and suddenly I'm interested in extraterrestrial volcanoes.

I'm embarassed to say I continue to be shocked by how images from space can surprise and delight.

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Re:The Camera Behind The New Pluto Photos by jbrooksuk on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @12:54PM (#9892432)

> I'm embarassed to say I continue to be shocked by how images from space can surprise and delight.

Never feel this way. We're tiny, really tiny and that's impressive and scary.

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Re:The Camera Behind The New Pluto Photos by a_shane on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @09:40AM (#9891167)

I actually had to sit down and think about the implications of these things when I saw the photos - how far we've come, what we've accomplished, the sophistication of our tech... it really is staggering.

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Re:The Camera Behind The New Pluto Photos by coldcode on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @08:38AM (#9890951)

Yeah that picture of Jupiter/Io is amazing.

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Re:The Camera Behind The New Pluto Photos by mholt on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @10:57AM (#9891592)

Did you notice the aurora on Io?

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Re:The Camera Behind The New Pluto Photos by yellowapple on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @03:10PM (#9893387)

It's actually a plume from a volcanic eruption, which is even crazier.

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Re:The Camera Behind The New Pluto Photos by jbrooksuk on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @12:53PM (#9892426)

I did! I was discussing this with my colleagues.

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