NASA / ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a serene view of Jupiter in ultraviolet wavelengths. The gas giant’s iconic “Great Red Spot” may appear red to human eyes, but this ultraviolet image provides a different, darker view, caused by the high altitude haze particles absorbing light at these wavelengths.
On another note, the typical reddish, wavy polar hazes are absorbing a bit less of this light due to differences in either particle size, composition, or altitude. Astronomers created this ultraviolet image using part that is part of a Hubble proposal studying Jupiter’s stealthy superstorm system. Eventually, the team plans to map deep water clouds using the Hubble data to define 3D cloud structures in Jupiter’s atmosphere.
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This is a false-color image because the human eye cannot detect ultraviolet light. Therefore, colors in the visible light spectrum were assigned to the images, each taken with a different ultraviolet filter. In this case, the assigned colors for each filter are: Blue: F225W, Green: F275W, and Red: F343N,” said the NASA Hubble Mission Team.
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