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The Great Red Spot, originally photographed by Voyager I as it passed Jupiter in 1979 (imgur.com)

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[–]waterinabottle 29 points30 points ago

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that looks like a painting.

[–]piderman 11 points12 points ago

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It's definitely enhanced. Through a sensible Yahoo! Answer (who knew, right?) one can learn that the Voyager 1's camera had a resolution of about 800x800, and it could photograph one colour/wavelength at a time. So any non-b/w pictures are either false-colour or are overlaid with different filters.

[–]titticut_warrendale 14 points15 points ago

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The monolith was photoshopped out by NASA prior to publication.

[–]imsabbel 2 points3 points ago

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There has been a reconstruction project.

This image is a composite of a whole stack of individual images (its better visible here http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1105/redspot_voyager1_3072.jpg )

[–]danthemango 0 points1 point ago

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actually it looks like my cappuccino

[–]implicate 0 points1 point ago

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Thats a close up picture of my grandma's coffee table, also in 1979.

[–]3danimator 17 points18 points ago

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Whenever i think on the voyagers, so incredibly far away, so alone, still feebly sending us a signal, i get kinda sad. Like its never going to make it back home but is still performing its duty. Absolutely incredible machines, ill never forget the first pictures it sent back of Neptune.

[–]1brightdayinthenight 21 points22 points ago

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relevant:

http://xkcd.com/695/

[–]MalevolentDragon 8 points9 points ago

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That is the saddest thing I've read in the last month.

[–]plexxonic 3 points4 points ago

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How the hell does xkcd have so many damn relevant comics.. It's awesome.

[–]epheterson 0 points1 point ago

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You can't give machines emotions...

[–]heatyweatywoo 10 points11 points ago

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<*twitter> Voyager2: Sister ship Voyager1 is 16 hrs 16 mins 24 secs of light-travel time from Earth (2011:218:1L)

In case anyone was wondering, @Voyager2 tweets its own and Voyager1's status and maintenance cycle info periodically. Trivia, I know.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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This is one of my favorite twitter feeds, especially the 'light-travel time from Earth' updates. They always make me stop for a minute or two and think about the size of the cosmos.

[–]raydeen 0 points1 point ago

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I think I would actually join Twitter just for that.

[–]murl56 8 points9 points ago

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That's a hurricane the size of two Earths. Awesome.

[–]tusharsingh 5 points6 points ago

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Our largest city isn't even a pixel.

[–]ElTigreCaballero 5 points6 points ago

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It looks like Van Gogh painted a placenta.

[–]Aww_Shucks 0 points1 point ago

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That's a good way of putting it.

[–]Tune000 0 points1 point ago

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Its only missing Vigo... then it would be perfect.

[–]clanspanker 5 points6 points ago

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This has been my desktop for quite awhile now. That storm is so huge that 3 earths can fit in it.

Yes you read that correctly.

[–]omeganon 2 points3 points ago

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I remember watching the news (Sagan and Walter Cronkite?) as the first pictures were being returned. For a 9 year old, it was truly mind blowing.

[–]ethereel 2 points3 points ago

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fractalicious

[–]coderick 1 point2 points ago

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"They call it ... Cashmere."

[–]customconcern 1 point2 points ago

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It blows my mind to know that this and so many other glorious things are happening right now with out us having even realizing it.

[–]hawkin712 1 point2 points ago

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Those are balls--up close they always look like landscape.

[–]poaac 1 point2 points ago

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Jupiter and Saturn were my favorite planets as a kid.

[–]Solnai 1 point2 points ago

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Great Spot!

[–]jlks 1 point2 points ago

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That's how we rolled back in the '70s.

[–]Timmyc62 1 point2 points ago

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I remember reading that the spot disappeared a few months/years ago - anyone know if it has returned?

[–]currentlydistracted 0 points1 point ago

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can someone enhance so i can have a new background?

[–]javadlux 0 points1 point ago

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Ever since I read Banks's The Algebraist these photos captivate my interest that much more.

[–]permanentlytemporary 0 points1 point ago

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Looks like my coffee after adding creamer...

[–]caketimenow 0 points1 point ago

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I read this voyager as star trek voyager. I was confused.

[–]SweetcornSoup 0 points1 point ago

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is it just me, or does this look delicious?

[–]gunstar69 0 points1 point ago

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Voyager I? im sure its Voyager 1

[–]FranklyidontCare 0 points1 point ago

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Eat your heart out, Katrina.

[–]ecke 0 points1 point ago

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This planet is the greatest firewall we have!

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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Why? It's on another planet.

It can't hurt you! Go to bed.

[–]hexapus -1 points0 points ago

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Go the fuck to sleep, child.

[–]deecebahrain -1 points0 points ago

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gently remove your tampon from your vagina.....and go to bed

[–]Bob06 0 points1 point ago

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SO FAKE! someone obviously poured creamer in coffee and took a picture of it...

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