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File:Jupiter.Aurora.HST.UV.jpg

NASA image of Jupiter aurora in UV, Hubble Space Telescope

Bright streaks and dots are caused by magnetic flux tubes connecting Jupiter to its largest moons:

  • Io: bright streak on the far left
  • Ganymede: bright dot below centre
  • Europa: dot right of Ganymede dot

Image originally from http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001219.html

Credit: John T. Clarke (U. Michigan), ESA, NASA


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