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A black and white time lapse gif of Jupiter as Voyager 1 approached in 1979. The planet grows larger over the course of this five-second animation. Circulating cloud bands, the rotating Great Red Spot, smaller storms that appear as white or black ovals, and the darting shadows from the transits of moons are all visible.

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A black and white time lapse gif of Jupiter as Voyager 1 approached in 1979. The planet grows larger over the course of this five-second animation. Circulating cloud bands, the rotating Great Red Spot, smaller storms that appear as white or black ovals, and the darting shadows from the transits of moons are all visible.

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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2023 18:27:17 UTC Robert McNees
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Voyager 1’s outbound trajectory took it by Jupiter in 1979, then past Saturn the next year.
This time lapse of the Jupiter approach consists of 66 frames, take once per Jovian day. Look carefully for moons darting past, shadows flickering across the face of the planet.
Credit: NASA/JPL

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