Jupiter Great Red Spot and White Ovals
Photograph
Jupiter 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, 91109. TELEPHONE: (213) 354-5011/ PHOTO CAPTION Voyager 1-47/ P-21182C/ March 3, 1979/ This photo of Jupiter was taken by Voyager 1 on March 1, 1979. The/ spacecraft was 3 million miles (5 million kilometers) from Jupiter at/ the time. The photo shows Jupiter's Great Red Spot (upper right) and/ the turbulent region immediately to the west. At the middle right of/ the frame is one of several white ovals seen on Jupiter from Earth./ The structure in every feature here is far better than has ever been/ seen from any telescopic observations. The Red Spot and the white/ oval both reveal intricate and involved structure. The smallest/ details that can be seen in this photo are about 55 miles (95/ kilometers) across. JPL manages and controls the Voyager project/ for NASA's Office of Space Science.
