Jupiter Marble Wall Art SPACE pave the way for human

pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet

mounted on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Paranal Observatory

When the first Star Wars movie was released in 1977

Image Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

“circumbinary” planet Tatooine

Jupiter Marble Wall Art SPACE pave the way for humanThis striking view of Jupiters Great Red Spot and turbulent southern hemisphere was captured by NASAs Juno spacecraft as it performed a close pass of the gas giant planet. Juno took the three images used to produce this color enhanced view on Feb. 12, 2019, between 9: 59 a. m. PST (12: 59 p. m. EST) and 10: 39 a. m. PST (1: 39 p. m. EST), as the spacecraft performed its 17th science pass of Jupiter. At the time the images were taken, the spacecraft