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This picture was taken at 05:58 UT on February 27, 2007, from a distance of 2.9 million kilometers (1.6 million miles). It is centered at 8 degrees south, 32 degrees east in Jupiter "System III" coordinates. The large oval-shaped feature is the well-known Great Red Spot. The resolution of each pixel in this image is about 175 kilometers (110 miles); Jupiter's diameter is approximately 145,000 kilometers (97,000 miles).
In this image, red equals 1.28 microns, green equals 1.30 microns and blue equals 1.36 microns, a range of wavelengths that probes different altitudes in the atmosphere. This choice of wavelengths highlights Jupiter's high-altitude south polar hood of haze.
This image illustrates only a small fraction of the information contained in a single LEISA scan, highlighting just one aspect of the power of infrared spectra for atmospheric studies.Español: Detalle de Júpiter a través de una cámara infrarroja LEISA, rediseñada en colores visibles y con contraste aumentado. Tomada por la nave New Horizons.
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