Hubble Catches Jupiter's Largest Moon Going to the 'Dark Side'

DECEMBER 18, 2008: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has caught Jupiter's moon Ganymede playing a game of "peek-a-boo." Ganymede is shown just before it ducks behind the giant planet.

Official News Release:
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/42/

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• jupiter
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• nasa
• space
• telescope
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• planet
• astronomy
• esa

[wesleyjames81]

i went to hubbles official website and as it turns out this isint fake.

[wesleyjames81]

i didnt think hubble actually looked @ any planets, altho with its ranged ability i dont see why it wouldnt. this is the only video i can find of it, makes me think this video could be fake. but it looks nice anyway.

[lamestbiokinectic]

if this is real, it must be sped up like 400x

[edla2005]

I think this is cool stuff but there is always the question of whether something is faked? My only question with this particular video is that many of below comments state that this is time lapsed. I notice that the "Big Red Storm" does not move at all throughout the entire time-lapse. One wonders if that should be spinning like crazy in this also beings that it is one of the most violent constant storms going on in our solar system today? Just my take. I hope this is real.

[Agoostaholic]

this isnt fake, its time lapsed.

[FieldMajor76]

we believe you, please remove the giant red box covering such a beautiful sight, thx.

[MarcusKiner]

It's time lapsed dummy.

[blabla1275]

fake

[Pigroota]

Wha??? Surely that's fake. Ganymede can't be that big. Can someone shed some light on this for me (no pun intended)?

[ummhea]

@NBGCUSTOMS uh no, im sure its 250 pounds for a 150 pound man on earth.

Its full of gas, remember?

[NBGCUSTOMS]

no... dumbass.... mars is how much close to us then jupiter ... try zooming in on your hand with a video camera while zoomed in... it's blury.... retard

[NBGCUSTOMS]

we couldnt servive its gravity... it makes an object on that planet 500 more lbs then that on earth... but can you imagine if there is some sort of evolved life on that planet...