Jupiter's Great Red Spot and White Ovals
Photograph
Jupiter's Great Red Spot and White Ovals
March 1, 1979
Chromogenic development print
Overall: 15 15/16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.5 × 50.7 cm)
Gift of NASA and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Inscriptions verso (applied label, typed): PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE/JET PROPULSION LABORATORY/CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY/NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION/PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. TELEPHONE: (213) 354-5011/PHOTO CAPTION Voyager 1-45/ P-21281C/ March 3, 1979/ This photo of Jupiter was taken by Voyager 1 on the evening of March/ 1, 1979, from a distance of 2.7 million miles (4.3 million kilometers)./ The photo shows Jupiter's Great Red Spot (top) and one of the white/ ovals than can be seen in Jupiter's atmosphere from Earth. The white/ ovals were seen to form in 1939, and 1940, and have remained more or/ less constant ever since. None of the structure and detail evident/ in these features have ever been seen from Earth. The Great Red/ Spot is three times as large as Earth. Also evident in the picture/ is a great deal of atmospheric detail that will require further/ study for interpretation. The smallest details that can be seen in/ this picture are about 45 miles (80 kilometers) across. JPL manages/ and controls the Voyager project for NASA's Office of Space Science.
