Ever Seen Jupiter in Motion?

[IrishChris1979]

It's amazing that this storm looks exactly the same 7 months before I was born over 32 years ago, as it does today. That really is one incredible storm!  A big one too, being it's just about three times the size of earth!!

[spatnaspolecnost]

that looks fucking dangerous

[ejcalaska]

I have seen Jupiter in motion several times but thanks anyway for showing us all.

[akamoney1]

@goreziad how is it scar

[goreziad]

its actually scary as hell.

[eah2119]

Holy crap that's interesting! Jupiter seems to have more strenuous weather than we do! And it's so weird that that red spot never moves regardless of how the rest of the atmosphere moves around it. Man, if I could visit Jupiter, I'd put up no wait!

[DomXsink]

Wow

[spysers]

This really place the universe close up and personal

[massart09]

is the gasses acting with this speed?

[SOyouTHINKurFUNNY]

how far was it from that view????anyone kno?

[hardstyle905]

@SOyouTHINKurFUNNY Yep. Read the description...

"The spacecraft flew from 58 million kilometers to 31 million kilometers from Jupiter during that time. "

[A1ekzz]

wow amazing:)

[herbal1971]

You could fit 1000 Earths into Jupiter and 1000 Jupiters into the Sun...

(give or take)

:)

[SingaSongofPenny]

freaky as hell, but incredibly breathtaking :')

[xTwistedxMemories]

Wow.. Imagen Earth getting caught up in Jupiter's red spot?

That would be hell..

[GlennFalconiVEVO]

@xTwistedxMemories Lol. We'd die faster than a bullet to the brain.

[MariaGarcia281]

PS, don't miss the first total lunar eclipse in two years! It will grace the sky the night of Monday, Dec. 20, 2010 (natures Christmas present).

[CrazyEurazion]

The music in the video reminds me of the vastness of space and how little we know.

[reksub10]

wow that space craft moves really fast 58 million kilometers dwon to 31 million kilometers ...awesome

[brynneeo1]

i used my cheap telescope and I saw that fast moving band on jupiter and it's four biggest moons. :) it was blurry though

[tori7022]

Space is the closest thing we have to fantasy.

[MegaJus1]

Loved it :•]

[echizenn808]

Ahhh,

Makes you wonder,

where the heck is voyajer now :3

Its way passed our solar system ,

Takes a long time to send a signal back to earth :3

[tori7022]

@echizenn808 LOL xDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Yea it does take awhile,probably by now,like, a full day just to get a signal,

[IcechickenSr]

That is just amazing to see how the different bands appear to each be moving in different directions from one another. It's quite a pretty awe inspiring sight. Our good old tried and true local ball of gas never fails to dissapoint dose it. Cheers, IC.

[MariaGarcia281]

Source: NASA (06-17-2010)

Collisions between galaxies are a fairly common occurrence in the universe. Our Milky Way galaxy will crash into the Andromeda galaxy in a few billion years. Galaxies tangle together, kicking gas and dust all around. Often the battered galaxies are left with tails of material stripped off during the violence.

[BeyondLame]

@MariaGarcia281

silly question but how do galaxies crash into each other

[MariaGarcia281]

@BeyondLame Not a silly question at all. Since our planet is part of the Milky way galaxy, we continue to travel farther out into the vastness of the universe. Our paths will eventually collide with that of our neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy. All other galactic systems will sooner or later also meet their destinies in such a way. Hope that helped some ;-)

[jcdenton100]

@MariaGarcia281 Our solar system is really tiny compared to the rest of the galaxy so does that give us less of a chance of being affected by the collision?

[MariaGarcia281]

@jcdenton100 As a whole (Milky Way Galaxy) we are an enormous mass that is constantly on the 'go' within the universe. In the end, our collision probabilities cannot be calculated with precise certainty ;-)

[pinkhotchoco]

thats cool but creepy lol=]

[room128]

Wow, I don't quite know what it is about this that I find very spooky and disturbing. Jupiter is a beautiful planet, but this sequence is very eerie!

[jomill78]

cool i liked it ty

[Ilseaikochan]

this is simply amazin'!

[t777EX]

@tori7022 hehe Planet of Horror O_O

[TheSkiesDye]

@TheL4777 Lmao Agreed.

[ExNihiloJimmy]

wondrous...

[MarcusKiner]

I thought I was the only one lol. Looks freaky as hell. Imagine if you were in space staring at it, from a distance to see the whole planet, but not be overtaken by it's mass? I'd shit myself.

[jamieball]

Yea its a biiiiiigggggggg planet! Through the eye piece it makes you feel really small!

[MrLeoCT]

I don't believe the bands move in opposite directions as stated in the text. By taking frames every Jovian Day you get a strobe effect that makes the GRS look like it moves backwards. Similar to aiming an adjustable strobe light at a fan, you can make it appear to turn backwards. I've taken videos over a 2 hour period and the bands move at different speed but always the same direction.

[MariaGarcia281]

You are going against well documented literature and photographic proof by top NASA academic scientists and engineers here, MrLeoCt

I'm sure you have documentation of your own, however, it cannot be compared with state of the art equipment (satellite) that took these images at such close proximity of this planet, Jupiter. Any earth-based proof (image) faces photographic challenges by our own atmosphere that obstruct the quality, resolution, and accuracy of features.

[BigDuke6ixx]

@MrLeoCT you're wrong.

[Boy75402]

@MrLeoCT

The bands moving in different directions is well documented and easily seen in this movie as well.

What you're not taking into account is the planet's rotation. If we both start on Earth somewhere, I walk East and you walk West, even though you and I would be walking in opposite directions, the planet's rotation would make it appear that we're both moving the same direction.

[95Barqs1]

Wow. That's cool.

[undercop5567]

idk why, but its really addicting to look at jupiter's storms :0 i wish i could see jupiter in the sky like we can the sun...

[MariaGarcia281]

I feel same =)

our planet would be much colder & life would cease if we got within 'naked eye' planetary distance from Jupiter though

[undercop5567]

@MariaGarcia281

yeah... i suppose with its intense gravity field earth would start to orbit it. (that would be funny lmfao) then get hit by all the things its sucking in, or even its own moons.

[CiG801]

@undercop5567

I agree. It's actually pretty relaxing. Definitely eye candy.

[eccentricblonde]

This is why I used to get creeped out every now and then when i played Super Metroid :S

[MariaGarcia281]

Interesting tidbits from NASA website:

Did you know that Jupiter's Great Red Spot has remained remarkably stable since the first astronomers observed it with a telescope in the early 17th century?

[MariaGarcia281]

I remind all prospective 'doom-sayers'... your comment won't display on any of my videos

[kenziebobenzie8]

are the storms moving that fast? thats crazyy

[lordmikey03]

nooo its sped up its seems like that but it actually took weeks for it to get that close

[KadajSouba]

I could watch this all day long

[brutaka359]

Awewome

[StuartHaitchXbox]

great video thanks for posting.

[valen532rs]

Truely amazing......

[SatyajithNASA]

MOst of it's surface is liquid and gas !

And I did not know that the red spot spins.

It's size is of two Earths !

[funetiks]

What are the storms made of? Is it lighting or wind or pressure? Im sure its spectacular whatever it is. :)

[kflex119]

is this a group of photos put into a slide show or are the storms really moving that fast?

[MariaGarcia281]

kflex119

This sequence is made from 66 images (more info on description to the right)

[galliidilio]

Nice ;)

[mbofny]

That's amazing......

[jostpuur]

How precisely has the ~10 hour rotation period been decided? Different zones rotate with different speeds, so couldn't one obtain all kinds of "rotation periods" for Jupiter?

[MariaGarcia281]

The planet as a whole, not specific regions/zones

[Strikerklm96]

Those storms on jupiter look freaky

[GetMeThere1]

Excellent!

[Oscar847]

is that wat u see in a 20 inch telescope?

[MariaGarcia281]

That would be nice - I'd buy one now!

It's actually the man-made satellite, Voyager 1, that captured these images ;-)

[Oscar847]

no, i mean would u see the Jupiters atmosphere moving around the planet in a 20 inch telescope or better? SO THE QUESTION IS:

is the jupiters atmosphere still like that?

[pkpaulkersey]

so amazing it looks like the whole planet is engulfed in a violent storm

[Lpoolboy]

The whole planet IS a violent storm. We're not even sure whether or not it's a huge ball of gas or actually has a solid base yet.

[Acidic303]

Does anyone know where this thing is at now???

I find little information about it.... I read it might have left interstellar space tho ...

[MariaGarcia281]

Yes :)

[mariomariobrosluigi]

cant u zoom in closer like people on the moon?same for all planet like neptune,uranus and etc...

[reaperflynn3]

thats creepy to watch in a way that distant planet in the darkness aproaching

[HorseTranq12]

man, and i thought i was the only person who thought that, just the way its recording, with the black and white image, and the shadow from the sun

[EmperorofCartoons]

@HorseTranq12 yeah a lot of things in space give me the heebiejeebies, but in a fun way.

[feebix]

In your opinion?! lol well that`s fact isn`t it... :D

[Spyez]

Jupiter, in my opinion has no surface in this big gas giant, probably everything that goes within gets extremely dense and is crushed from pressure.

[Tunnox]

The Soundtrack? Whats the soundtrack?

[MariaGarcia281]

Click on Statistics & Data

[Whitewolf1377]

jupiter is my favirote planet :D

[ExNihiloJimmy]

it's my planet

[colombianguyyo]

wow Voyager 1 is so far out now we will NEVER see it again ever they say is gonna reach a star in like 2 million years faaaaar away

[reichfuhrer1942]

I wonder how scary it is to be caught by the gravitational pull of that planet and you fall into its atmosphere...

[MariaGarcia281]

Someone else asked/wondered same (here's copy from my response).

There has been one attempt, Galileo Probe, to determine if Jupiter has a surface/core. The probe descended through Jupiter's atmosphere before finally being crushed and/or melted by extreme pressures/temperatures.

Long story short... getting 'caught' by gravitational pull wouldn't be very pleasant at all ;-)

[argga]

thatd be a bad time to wish you had life insurance

[uglydollfan]

its amazing how bonds on jupiter are moving 1 way and the 1 next to it is moving the opposite way. VERY AMAZING

[Kwasi5179]

Very, very cool!

[FrankTdrumz]

Incredible.

[faithkawaii024]

amazing!!!

[502502]

Like coffee being stirred with cream on it

[dedrawilliams]

or a living marble ball.

[MariaGarcia281]

Thanksgiving sky: Jupiter, Venus, moon together

Look in the southwestern sky — no telescope or binoculars needed. The show will even be visible in cities if it's a clear night

Starting Thanksgiving evening, Jupiter and Venus will begin moving closer so that by Sunday and Monday, they will appear about a finger width apart held out at arm's length.

Monday night, they will be joined by a crescent moon

The next time the three will be as close and visible as this week will be Nov. 18, 2052

[rockrul3s25]

i saw it, its was so beautiful....

[hellcat059]

Imagine current HD technology taking footage every few minutes on approach.

Someday someone will get a first hand view - just like the one in the vid.

I feel 'spiritual' watching these.

[hteopsa]

thanks for posting!

[DOCTOROFMINDMD]

very nice video

[jazzpsalti]

weird thing too... how slow the atmospheric movement is, and how fast the rotational speed is

[MariaGarcia281]

NASA NEWS

Three Red Spots Mix it Up on Jupiter‏

"Red Spot Jr." first appeared on Jupiter in early 2006 when a previously white storm turned red. This is the second time, since turning red, it has skirted past its big brother apparently unscathed."

"The prediction is that the baby spot will now get pulled back into the Great Red Spot "Cuisinart" and disappear for good. This is one possible mechanism that has powered and sustained the Great Red Spot for at least 150 years."

More at NASA

[abusaleh12]

Great footage!Great comments and replies as well!

[MariaGarcia281]

Thanks & good luck following your dream

[ChiefMaestroIV]

so many storms that is a hell inside

[conjcsisepuede]

how many storms jupiter has?

[MariaGarcia281]

Many

[MariaGarcia281]

My newest upload:

Meteors Target Earth

-Our moon and Earth get struck by space objects at approximately the same rate - then why is it that our surface doesn't appear with craters as prominently as the moon?

See video

[aafaking]

that oval shape thing on the bottom of jupitar. why is it like that?

[MariaGarcia281]

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a giant storm as wide as three Earths. This storm has lasted hundreds of years. Visit NASA's website for more info

[rawley69]

It's coming right for us!!

[MariaGarcia281]

NASA NEWS RELEASE

Two of the Milky Way's Spiral Arms Go Missing

"...new images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope are shedding light on the true structure of the Milky Way, revealing that it has just two major arms of stars instead of the four it was previously thought to possess."

"Our own sun might have once resided in a different arm. Since it was formed more than 4 billion years ago, it has traveled around the galaxy 16 times."

Find out more at NASA website

[sasukeAMVcreator]

that is freaky, jupiter is scary planet.... more like bubble of liquid XD

[wiggos666]

wow,dude,your right haha,it does look like a giant bubble

[shroomingnewman]

if it were possible, at the end of my life, i would like to be shot in a pod towards jupiter or a black hole or any other beautiful elestial thing

[MariaGarcia281]

I once thought the same

but now that I know better, I wouldn't want my decaying body to contaminate our beautiful solar system

[MrCalhoun]

No, you don't have to worry. The whole solar system is dumped with the same stuff of which you and all other people (including me) on this planet consist. ;)

[MariaGarcia281]

I'm not referring to the organic elements composing our solar system and the universe.

Our bodies are hosts to many microbes and viruses not found outside of planet Earth. It is for this same reason that NASA scientists use sterile techniques and/or precautions when working on any spacecraft destined for space or other planet.

Some earthly viruses, bacteria and enzymes can withstand extreme temperature conditions and environments. And we just don't want to risk anything, now would we?

[Nicole7712]

true dat

[Nicole7712]

why is the middle of Jupiter moving faster than the other parts of Jupiter?? wow!! thats freaky!!:)

[MariaGarcia281]

Jupiter's equator 'bulges' from its rapid rotation (centrifugal force)

[Nicole7712]

thanks for the heads up gurl!:)

[LordBalmung1]

Wow! That is so freaky looking!

It's as if Jupiter had an eye, and it was looking at the camera, then looked away as if uninterested...

A being of that size may not even notice such a comparibly small object anyway.

[Rocky54167]

Me and my friend got in2 an agurment but can any1 settle this. Doesn't Jupiter have a faint Ring System?

[MariaGarcia281]

Here ya go - straight from the horse's mouth (NASA)

"Discovered in 1979 by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, Jupiter's rings were a surprise: a flattened main ring and an inner cloud-like ring, called the halo, are both composed of small, dark particles. A third ring, known as the gossamer ring because of its transparency, is actually three rings of microscopic debris from three small moons: Amalthea, Thebe, and Adrastea... Jupiter's rings are only visible when backlit by the Sun."

[Rocky54167]

alright thanks

[MariaGarcia281]

Someone else asked same about 6 mos ago (here's copy from my response). Also, don't forget new data about planets is constantly being analyzed:

There has been one attempt, Galileo Probe, to determine if Jupiter has a surface/core. The probe descended through Jupiter's atmosphere for more than 200 miles (58 min.) before finally being crushed and/or melted by extreme pressures/temperatures. Didn't make it to core.

Scientific theory: core made up of highly dense liquid (sorta like a slushy).

[BaboonBro]

Nine hours to spin this little bowling ball around, huh? :)

[MariaGarcia281]

We pretty much have asteroid trajectories covered (well, the bigger ones anyways)

Again, thanks to dedicated astronomers, they continue to map their changing pathways & discover newer ones that were probably too small to detect previously.

It's easy to fall victim to an "Apocalypse" theory --- asteroids travel throughout our solar system & it is very unlikely that a 'runaway asteroid' from within our galaxy would approach us at high velocity because they lose both mass and speed while in orbit

[666Tormentor666]

HoLy Shit, this planet is very very very big, imagine such a fast storm on earth xD

[Crashland1947]

Beuatiful

[MariaGarcia281]

NASA NEWS RELEASE:

Asteroid to Make Rare Close Flyby of Earth January 29

Scientists are monitoring the orbit of asteroid 2007 TU24. The asteroid, believed to be between 150 meters (500 feet) and 610 meters (2,000 feet) in size, is expected to fly past Earth on Jan. 29, with its closest distance being about 537,500 kilometers (334,000 miles) at 12:33 a.m. Pacific time (3:33 a.m. Eastern time). It should be observable that night by amateur astronomers with modest-sized telescopes

[TECHKLEC]

Well, Thankfully, it missed us. What's going to happen, however, when one doesn't?

[MariaGarcia281]

Or better yet, what are we doing now to be prepared for such an event?

Astronomers have been keeping a watchful eye on asteroids, comets & meteors. Thanks to their dedicated efforts, we are able to know ahead of time if there is an impact hazard. On that same note, however, numerous near earth objects continue to be discovered almost daily...

[welolduh]

hmmm da zoom really works...wow...zoom

[kinggzz]

i've seen this b4 as a child, brought back a flood of memories. extremely cool images of one of the most fantastic voyages ever seen! great post, thanks.

[aapiesnuf]

Where do people find all these videos?

[MariaGarcia281]

This one, over at NASA website

[aapiesnuf]

okay, thanks alot! :D

[dpcmelyu]

¡Wow! Y nada menos que eso.

Grandiosas imagenes. Gracias por ponerlas.

[MariaGarcia281]

Gracias a usted

[yaguarboy]

wow!,wow! and wow!!!! just incredible

[voltz15]

I've always wondered if gas giants can be considered "unborn stars"?

[MariaGarcia281]

There's some truth to that since scientists have observed Jupiter, in this case, to possess physical properties more similar to our Sun than Earth. Therefore, behaving more like a star than a planet.

[KolonelOrtega]

It is an enormous storm, seen for over centuries. Its called the Great Red Spot, use wikipedia to get more info!

[MariaGarcia281]

You can get more reliable sources by going to NASA's website ;)

For instance, those white-banded clouds you see are composed of frozen ammonia crystals

The upper cloud layers are significantly colder than the inner layers, too (just like Earth). There is also a region somewhere in between where the temperature is a cozy 70 degrees F. If any life were to be sustained in this planet, it would most likely be here - and that organism would have to be airborne as well (pretty tough one, too!)

[KolonelOrtega]

Yes I know, but wikipedia is a good site for starters ;). I've also read some thought provoking theories about what kind of life could live in such abnormal circumstances, but to be honest I think there is an other site in the Jupiterian system which has a far greater chance to sustain any - although probably very simple - life: Europa, due to the fact it (probably) has an abundancy of (liquid) water.

[MariaGarcia281]

Oh, ok

I love thought provoking ideas & brainstorming!

It also makes me wonder why theories always seem to revolve around the liquid water=life assumption. While it holds true for organisms in our planet, it doesn't necessarily mean that extraterrestrial life forms depend on this molecule to sustain life (if there is indeed any life found).

[MariaGarcia281]

There has been one attempt, Galileo Probe, to determine if Jupiter has a surface/core. The probe descended through Jupiter's atmosphere for more than 200 miles (58 min.) before finally being crushed and/or melted by extreme pressures/temperatures. Didn't make it to core.

Scientific theory: core made up of highly dense liquid (sorta like a slushy).

[Pyrofries]

I don't know why, but that frightens the hell out of me

[MariaGarcia281]

After all, it is a gas giant w/many storms that never let up. The Great Red Spot alone can house 2 Earth-size planets! A king in our solar system.

[Gablo51]

man im with you its scarier than the ring or the grudge

[marleyjay01]

hey maria de donde tu eres! De donde conseguiste esto? estan afuego las imagenes! algun dia nos tiramos el star wars y vamos pa' ya tu no crees ;) hehe

[MariaGarcia281]

Estados Unidos. En el comentario: NASA website.

Si fuera posible, ahorita mismo me encontraria viajando por el espacio! Vamonos!

[ejajr2006]

Jupiter and Beyond The Infinite !!! :)

[alberca90]

does it really move like that?

[MariaGarcia281]

Yes, however, not that fast.  The images are time-lapsed.

[dleonmag]

Estupendas imágenes!!! Gracias por compartirlas :D

[MariaGarcia281]

Mi placer

[daguyonice]

youre great i subscribed to you and i love ur illusions

[MariaGarcia281]

I'm flattered ;-)

[thecutlassfish]

Coriolis effect X ...a number with many, many 0's.

XD

neat shit!

[MariaGarcia281]

Relates to appearance only, however.

[wizardmasterhp]

Sweet