Jupiter has enormous lightning-filled storms, and NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter will (among many other things) help us understand how deep into this cloud-covered planet the storms go.
Dan Goods, Visual Strategist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, created this installation which consists of a large cloud that hides infrared lights. Infrared light is invisible to the naked eye, but is visible to many cell phone cameras. Just as the Juno mission uses special detectors to peer through the clouds of Jupiter and reveal the depths of its storms, you can "see" lightning storms underneath this dynamic surface.
Beneath the Surface will travel to museums around the country.
Special thanks to Justin Gier (technology development), Jeremy Eichenbaum (video and editing), and Trenton McElhinney (music).
Find out more about Juno at http://missionjuno.swri.edu and http://www.nasa.gov/juno.
Nice vid, but about that swri-edu page: Flash-only? Really?!
virumoz 1 month ago
@virumoz There's an HTML version for those not using Flash (add "/HTML" to the end of the URL). The site will likely transition from being so Flash-heavy to being mainly HTML5 at some point in the not-too-distant future.
NASAJuno 1 month ago