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Hungry4info

May 13 2010, 11:03 PM

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This is pretty amazing.
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/jupiter/index.live

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4th rock from th...

May 18 2010, 05:17 PM

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Looking into the historical images, Jupiter looks similar to today around 1904:

By 1906 it had returned to it's normal appearance:

Very dynamic planet indeed.
I didn't go through all the images, so probably there's lots of photographic evidence for the other fading cycles, and this really shows the importance of having old images accessible, even if their quality is sometimes low.

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Hungry4info Change in the Appearance of Jupiter May 13 2010, 11:03 PM

JohnVV i saw that last night on /. http://science.slashd... May 14 2010, 12:25 AM

nprev I've heard that this is apparently at least a ... May 14 2010, 12:28 AM

centsworth_II Readers of The Planetary Society Blog were not lef... May 14 2010, 01:51 AM

ElkGroveDan Next we are going to hear that Jupiter's pants... May 14 2010, 02:01 AM

centsworth_II No worries! May 14 2010, 02:40 AM

JohnVV no but this " it's shrinking ..." ... May 14 2010, 03:55 AM

nprev You guys are just plain sick & wrong... May 14 2010, 04:07 AM

JohnVV sick??? May 14 2010, 04:32 AM

volcanopele It isn't shrinking...okay Jupiter lost a few p... May 14 2010, 06:09 AM

Sunspot QUOTE (Hungry4info @ May 14 2010, 12:03 A... May 14 2010, 08:22 AM

Ian R A quick comparison with the Pioneer 10 view of Jup... May 14 2010, 01:57 PM

JohnVV QUOTE It isn't shrinking...okay Jupiter lost a... May 15 2010, 03:36 AM

PDP8E The very deep solar minimum we are experiencing ma... May 15 2010, 04:03 AM

Decepticon Ian R I like the comparison you did. I was thinkin... May 16 2010, 09:44 PM

4th rock from the sun QUOTE (Decepticon @ May 16 2010, 10:44 PM... May 17 2010, 01:26 PM

tedstryk Well, for crying out loud, look at how much differ... May 17 2010, 01:45 PM

elakdawalla QUOTE (4th rock from the sun @ May 17 2010, 0... May 17 2010, 04:23 PM

4th rock from the sun Well, besides the normal processing techniques suc... May 17 2010, 05:25 PM

PDP8E I found this image of Jupiter in a textbook, ... May 17 2010, 05:35 PM

4th rock from the sun Look here for planetary images acquired between 18... May 17 2010, 10:37 PM

Sunspot The Red Spot should be easier to see in small tele... May 18 2010, 08:21 AM

galileo QUOTE (Sunspot @ May 18 2010, 02:21 AM) T... May 20 2010, 11:49 AM

4th rock from the sun Looking into the historical images, Jupiter looks ... May 18 2010, 05:17 PM

tedstryk What a great site! I have long wished someone... May 18 2010, 06:43 PM

4th rock from the sun I already tried to make some RGB composites out of... May 18 2010, 09:02 PM

tedstryk I had done some of that (and I think I posted one ... May 19 2010, 03:06 PM

PDP8E Ted, Nice work with the 1909 Mars image! (how... May 20 2010, 01:24 AM

tedstryk Yes, you are right. And I did the color the old f... May 20 2010, 01:52 AM

4th rock from the sun Yes, nice classic Mars image. If you compare it to... May 20 2010, 09:08 AM

tedstryk The GRS has become fainter and is about a quarter ... May 20 2010, 08:30 PM

Ian R Chris Go has some amazing pictures showing the sti... Aug 29 2010, 06:58 AM

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