Flyby video of Ganymede and Jupiter

[Brian G Turner]

Flyby video of Ganymede and Jupiter from NASA, based on the latest Juno missions:

 

[Foxbat]

This kind of awe inspiring sight is why I love science fiction in general and space sagas in particular.

 

[CupofJoe]

Not sure the music really worked with the images but beautiful to watch. I'd have gone more Elgar...
Some of the images of Jupiter look like what Van Gogh painted. I wonder what he knew that we didn't?

 

[Parson]

I thought the music was perfect. It had a kinda spiritual overtone and reminded me of 2001 a Space Odyssey. I loved it.


Yow! 2001 was 20 years ago and the kind of thing the movie envisioned is at least a generation, more likely two in the future.

 

[farntfar]

Well at least it looks like the monoliths are behind schedule as well, Parson.
I watched very carefully and didn't see a single one.

 

[Alex The G and T]

Never mind the monoliths; I spotted The Wild Hunt.
(In Parson's neck of the woods, that would be "Ghost Riders in the Sky.")

 

[RJM Corbet]

Flyby video of Ganymede and Jupiter from NASA, based on the latest Juno missions:

Brilliant.
I like the sparky meteor strikes

 

[Brian G Turner]

On Jupiter? I think those are lightning storms.

 

[Foxbat]

Some interesting facts on the Jovian atmospheric probe from the mid nineties

Galileo Jupiter Atmospheric Probe - NASA Science

As the Galileo probe descended through 95 miles of the top layers of Jupiter's atmosphere, it collected 58 minutes of local weather data.

solarsystem.nasa.gov

 

[atsouthorn]

Incredible! It's mind-boggling if you have a telescope and can see the shape, and 4 small moons in a line around it, and then go to watching this to get an idea of the scale and distance.

Also, I'll never complain about bad weather again.