#CitizenScience collaboration ??? : I send home raw pictures of Jupiter, and talented people around the world turn them into everything from detailed scientific imagery to beautiful works of art. Full video: https://t.co/YIwpDufF6Q pic.twitter.com/ogkYKdw7HO
— NASA's Juno Mission (@NASAJuno) April 24, 2019
Jovian close encounter. A multitude of magnificent, swirling clouds in #Jupiter's dynamic North North Temperate Belt is captured in this color-enhanced image: https://t.co/0lAAb7fqEK pic.twitter.com/ifHqFhj9Zz
— NASA's Juno Mission (@NASAJuno) November 8, 2018
In the arms of the maelstrom: in this view from JunoCam, bright white clouds can be seen popping up in and around the arms of a rotating northern hemisphere storm. https://t.co/p5ms1ZhFa2 pic.twitter.com/p0s1KlCPvL
— NASA's Juno Mission (@NASAJuno) April 4, 2019
I have had a crappy, crappy few days, so I was glad when this came across my twitter feed. Sometimes I need to look outside myself to remember there are good things out there.
I hope your days are better.
Non-politic open thread
TaMara (HFG)
I’m signing off for the night…but send me your pet and good news items when you can. And yes, I’ll try for a Pearl-Bixby-other critters update later in the week.
Major Major Major Major
Wow, gorgeous.
I actually just finished an unexpected research project: what would the view be if you were orbiting Saturn’s moon Enceladus? I ended up emailing with a scientist at JPL. Just now I was calculating how far from the moon you could orbit. It’s about 2300km, if you were curious.
SiubhanDuinne
Pearl ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
SiubhanDuinne
@TaMara: I am so sorry about the crappy, crappy days you have endured recently. Sucks mightily. Your amazing contingent of BJ jackals awaits you, prepared to do battle on your behalf! You have but to say the word :-)
Mary G
Those are gorgeous works of art. We’ve come a long way in technology since everyone crowded around the TV to see Alan Shepard standing on the moon.
TaMara (HFG)
@SiubhanDuinne: Thank you. You’d be amazed at how at the end of a crappy day, I look at Bixby and think, you know, it’s really not so crappy.
Major Major Major Major
Oh, and I see Neil Gaiman and Nick Offerman talk about Good omens tomorrow! That’ll be fun.
@TaMara (HFG): I imagine! {{ hugs }}
spudgun
So sorry, T – hope your critters were able to make things better! (WTF am I saying, critters ALWAYS make everything better!)
Wonderful images – ever since Saturn/Cassini ended I’ve been turning my attention to the Juno pix…just amazing and really glad I lived long enough to see things like this!
spudgun
@Major Major Major Major: CANNOT. WAIT. for this show!! Just wish Terry Pratchett was here to see it…
Glidwrith
My research project to build cartilage is finally coming full circle. The joint supplement I invented looks like it is going to go on the market. It’s been a long road.
TomatoQueen
These are stunning. The four-legs and feathery crew will take care of you.
?BillinGlendaleCA
If you like these images, check out NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day, great stuff there from amateur photographers and professional scientists.
NotMax
@Mary G
Neil Armstrong. 50th anniversary coming up this July.
opiejeanne
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Your pictures of the night sky aren’t too shabby, either. I really enjoy them.
opiejeanne
@NotMax: Buzz Aldrin was with Neil and is still with us on Earth, at age 89. I’m sure there will be an event but I just haven’t heard about it yet.
MoCA Ace
Sorry to hear about your crappy days. My good news… a bear ripped the door off my chicken coop the other night but didn’t kill any of my girls. Youngest spawn got his grades back and is rocking a 3.8 GPA with one year to go on his undergrad! No humble about the bragging here… I’m so damned proud! He’s still planning on Medical School. Did I mention I’m so damned proud?
Doug R
@NotMax: @opiejeanne:
APOLLO 11 is out on Blu-ray and DVD and if your local video stores are out of stock, you can get it on demand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Co8Z8BQgWc
David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch
@NotMax: PBS American Experience
Sneak Peak (link)
?BillinGlendaleCA
@opiejeanne: I submitted one of my pics, guess it wasn’t up to snuff.?
ETA: If you look at yesterday’s APOTD, it will look very similar to one of the pics in my OTR submission for this week.
Duane
@Glidwrith: Late getting here but congratulations. That sounds like a tremendous accomplishment.
Inspectrix
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Keep trying Bill! Yours are worthy!
APOD is one of my antidotes when I’m feeling poisoned by the human aspects of the universe. The discussion section for each picture is always fascinating.
Also good is Earth Sky’s images of the day https://earthsky.org/todays-image
Glidwrith
@Duane: Thanks, Duane. I have been using it for the past three years and I have high hopes that it will help a lot of people when those creaky joints manifest. It won’t replace chunks of cartilage that have been torn out, but it might truly delay the onset of osteoarthritis. Obviously we can’t claim that yet, but wouldn’t it be grand?
blackcatsrule
@Glidwrith: Congratulations and please let us know when it is available!
TaMara (HFG)
@Glidwrith: Wow. Amazing.
@MoCA Ace: OMG!
@?BillinGlendaleCA: I agree, your stuff is amazing.
Miss Bianca
@Glidwrith: holy crap, that is amazing. Good for you!
@TaMara (HFG): i know what you mean. Gonna send you some pics as soon as I am done with this hell week.
Betty
@Glidwrith: Awesome, spoken as someone whose knees are starting to go.
Betty
Those Jupiter images are so Van Gogh! Gorgeous.
Glidwrith
@blackcatsrule: @TaMara (HFG): @Miss Bianca: They’ve got a placeholder website set up called http://www.mydoctorsformula.com if you want to register for notification. Be sure you include the www part or you won’t get to the right place.