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Related: About this forumBest Image Yet of Europa
The puzzling, fascinating surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa looms large in this newly-reprocessed color view, made from images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990s. This is the color view of Europa from Galileo that shows the largest portion of the moon's surface at the highest resolution.
The view was previously released as a mosaic with lower resolution and strongly enhanced color (see PIA02590). To create this new version, the images were assembled into a realistic color view of the surface that approximates how Europa would appear to the human eye.
The scene shows the stunning diversity of Europa's surface geology. Long, linear cracks and ridges crisscross the surface, interrupted by regions of disrupted terrain where the surface ice crust has been broken up and re-frozen into new patterns.
Color variations across the surface are associated with differences in geologic feature type and location. For example, areas that appear blue or white contain relatively pure water ice, while reddish and brownish areas include non-ice components in higher concentrations. The polar regions, visible at the left and right of this view, are noticeably bluer than the more equatorial latitudes, which look more white. This color variation is thought to be due to differences in ice grain size in the two locations.
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http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19048
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Best Image Yet of Europa (Original Post)
n2doc
Nov 2014
OP
Oh how cool. I see Europe through my small scope just as a lil "star" like object next to Jupiter
darkangel218
Nov 2014
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oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)1. Thanks!!!
I never go looking for this stuff but love it when someone hands it to me. Appreciate this post.
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)2. Cool
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)3. Oh how cool. I see Europe through my small scope just as a lil "star" like object next to Jupiter
Hoppy
(3,595 posts)4. This is Europa? The lens must have been dirty. I can't even make out France.
Orrex
(63,200 posts)5. Attempt no landing there.
K/R
(Wonder what Arthur would think?? GOD, I miss him!)