30th Anniversary of the Voyager 1 Flyby of Jupiter Options

[volcanopele]

Today marks the 30th anniversary of Voyager 1's flyby of Jupiter. On March 5, 1979, Voyager 1 flew through the Jupiter system providing a wealth of information of Jupiter, its magnetic field, and moons. Thanks to Voyager 1, the Galilean satellites became worlds with real geology and amazing vistas. Voyager 1 also revealed Jupiter's ring system and Io's volcanism for the first time.

I've written up a longer post about the encounter with Io on my blog, which also has an animation of the flyby: http://gishbar.blogspot.com/2009/03/30th-a...1-flyby-of.html

[belleraphon1]

Stunning mosaic Jason...

wow.... you know Io (and the entire Voyager 1 Jupiter encounter) broke down the old paradigms. We had never seen ACTIVE volcanoes on another world until the Voyager 1 Io encounter.

I too remember that PBS broadcast.... I believe it was Harold Masursky who sat there thrilled almost beyond words.
Watching from home I was ecstatic. It was a whole new universe out there beckoning.

Craig

[tedstryk]

Am I correct in assuming the images that look like smeared images that were steady for part of the exposure were cases of the scan platform moving during the exposure?