Washington, Nov 14: Nasa released a new close-up portrait of Jupiter, calling it the most detailed colour picture ever taken of the giant planet, photographed by a space probe 10 million km away. "The imaging team wanted very much to take the ultimate picture of Jupiter. The one that would show Jupiter in all its intricate and glorious complexity, the one that would really knock your socks off," said Carolyn Porco yesterday, the imaging team leader at the space science institute in Boulder, Colorado.
The picture is actually a mosaic of 27 different images, taken from nine different positions and in three colours by the Cassini spacecraft on December 29, 2000, Nasa said in a statement.
The national aeronautics and space administration edited the pictures into one global image that captured details as small as 60 km wide.
The picture can be seen on Nasa's website.
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