Photos like this are a really good reminder that life on Earth is truly special and something we shouldn't take for granted.
Our planet is in the rare "Goldilocks" zone of having breathable air, gravity that won't instantly crush us, a temperature that won't instantly turn us to ice or a fireball, land we can use to grow food, and so on.
If we don't take care of our planet, it could become as inhospitable to human life as Jupiter, Venus, or any of the other planets in our solar system that would be functionally impossible for humans to live on.
Just to be precise this is not an actual photograph taken from Juno its a computer render inspired by Juno data. Already posted this as a reply but thought I'd put as its own comment for visibility too. The actual image description per NASA reads:
JUPITER, PERIJOVE 26, ARTIFICIAL VERTICAL RELIEF Rendered using a composite of mapped PJ26-22 & PJ26-23 datasets on a Jupiter shape model. Applied vector displacement as a function of RGB brightness. Camera uses depth-of-field and white color balancing and was placed at a point not along Juno's actual trajectory.
Here is the actual RAW images released by nasa this was based on:
flava_ADHD on December 26th, 2021 at 02:15 UTC »
Just awesome to look at!!!
BrighterGreen on December 26th, 2021 at 02:16 UTC »
Photos like this are a really good reminder that life on Earth is truly special and something we shouldn't take for granted.
Our planet is in the rare "Goldilocks" zone of having breathable air, gravity that won't instantly crush us, a temperature that won't instantly turn us to ice or a fireball, land we can use to grow food, and so on.
If we don't take care of our planet, it could become as inhospitable to human life as Jupiter, Venus, or any of the other planets in our solar system that would be functionally impossible for humans to live on.
jagoob on December 26th, 2021 at 07:45 UTC »
Just to be precise this is not an actual photograph taken from Juno its a computer render inspired by Juno data. Already posted this as a reply but thought I'd put as its own comment for visibility too. The actual image description per NASA reads:
JUPITER, PERIJOVE 26, ARTIFICIAL VERTICAL RELIEF Rendered using a composite of mapped PJ26-22 & PJ26-23 datasets on a Jupiter shape model. Applied vector displacement as a function of RGB brightness. Camera uses depth-of-field and white color balancing and was placed at a point not along Juno's actual trajectory.
Here is the actual RAW images released by nasa this was based on:
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing?source=junocam&ob_from=&ob_to=&phases%5B%5D=PERIJOVE+26&perpage=16
Here is the Artists Kevin M Gill's webpage:
https://www.apoapsys.com/about