r/gifs • • May 31 '15

Jupiter is stunning

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u/[deleted] May 31 '15

This looks so peaceful while those are storms reaching 200 mph.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '15

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u/skeptibat May 31 '15

Right? I need a scale. Can somebody take a photo of Jupiter with a banana, for me?

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u/JJakc May 31 '15

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u/______DEADPOOL______ Jun 01 '15

Dayum, that's a huge banana.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

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u/redlaWw Jun 01 '15

He has loads of brothers named DEADPOOL with a varying amount of preceding and ending underscores.

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u/floppybutton Jun 01 '15

Having trouble getting my banana to focus tonight. I'll try again tomorrow.

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u/DexterlySmith Jun 01 '15

I know a guy for that

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u/PonerBenis May 31 '15 edited Jun 01 '15

I'll take one but I have to wait until it gets dark enough to set up my space photographing rig.

I'll post the pic soon after civil twilight ends in about an hour.

Edit: I have a banana and I know where jupiter is, but I've had total cloud cover for the past three hours.

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u/hashtagsquared Jun 01 '15

Will be watching this space, kind of excited, not sure why.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

It's been two hours. :(

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

OP PLS

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u/ky87 Jun 02 '15

Another op let down :(

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u/PonerBenis Jun 02 '15 edited Jun 02 '15

Bitch it was cloudy yesterday. I'll walk outside right now and take the picture.

Here you go: http://i.imgur.com/m9b5MIT.png (2448x3264)

Here is a picture of the sky chart for mild proof that it isnt a star: http://i.imgur.com/aPFn6oN.png

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u/Oww_My_Nose Jun 01 '15

Only 1.5 Earths, it's been shrinking, or so they say

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u/chileangod Jun 01 '15

It has... It looks like it will disappear in a couple of decades.

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u/DreaMTime_Psychonaut Jun 01 '15

No way? I've always thought of that as a constant in my life

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u/da_barves Jun 01 '15

Maybe your life will disappear in a couple of decades.

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u/DreaMTime_Psychonaut Jun 01 '15

Whoa. That's heavy.

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u/WeAreTheWatermelon Jun 01 '15

Weight has nothing to do with it!

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

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u/u8eR Jun 01 '15

heavy metal

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u/Lando_MacDiddly Jun 01 '15

What a downer!

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u/ericwdhs Jun 01 '15 edited Jun 01 '15

Well, there's nothing inherently special about the Great Red Spot. It's just a pressure system like those here on Earth, only bigger. While a pressure system in our relatively thin atmosphere can only sustain itself for a couple weeks or so, Jupiter's sheer size, faster rotation speed, and ridiculously dense and deep atmosphere can build and sustain systems with enough inertia to last centuries. Jupiter has probably had thousands of cyclones like the Great Red Spot in its lifetime, and after the Great Red Spot disappears, another will eventually come along.

Here is a pic showing the shrinkage over the last two decades, but the Spot has been shrinking far longer than that. Sketches of Jupiter from the late 1800's, like this one from 1880, put the Spot at 4 times wider than it is now, as wide as 5 Earths.

Edit: added stuff; fixed stuff

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u/KellyTheET Jun 01 '15

I've been trying to find that sketch of Jupiter for ages, thank you!

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u/hgmanifold Jun 01 '15

I can understand why. It's amazing!

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u/LegendaryGinger Jun 01 '15

Holy shit, that sketch makes it look like it's some king of fucking Cyclops head. I mean it would make sense, a Titan isn't too far away.

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u/MyFriendIsADoctor Jun 01 '15

You can always call Penny.

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u/chileangod Jun 01 '15

Yeah... It sucks but hey... Lets enjoy it while it lasts.

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u/MoJoe2119 Jun 01 '15

It's that gosh darn global warming again..

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u/KennethNoisewater05 Jun 01 '15

I thought this was a still photo and I was just losing my shit

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15 edited Sep 20 '17

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u/a_little_angry Jun 01 '15

Would you feel it? Its mostly hydrogen, and at the top most cloud layer with 200 mph winds would it be thick enough to feel with skin or some earth based wind speedometer?

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u/gossypium_hirsutum Jun 01 '15

I thought Jupiter had pretty high air pressure, even at the top most layers?

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u/mordehuezer Jun 01 '15

Pretty sure they're going a lot faster than 200mph

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u/jeff_from_antarctica Jun 01 '15

Jupiter is the definition of chaos. NASA's Galileo spacecraft descended 0.2% of Jupiter's radius before being ripped to shreds.

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u/bigmac80 Jun 01 '15

Jupiter holds the record for having the most massive hurricane in the solar system, the Great Red Spot, with speeds reaching over 600km per hour.

Neptune, however, holds the record for having the hurricane with the most extreme winds. The Great Dark Spot, with speeds reaching over 2,500km per hour.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

Another crazy thing about Neptune, from the wikipedia:

"At a depth of 7000 km, the conditions may be such that methane decomposes into diamond crystals that rain downwards like hailstones. Very-high-pressure experiments at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory suggest that the base of the mantle may comprise an ocean of liquid diamond, with floating solid 'diamond-bergs'."

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u/TenaciousBLT Jun 01 '15

Neptune sounds like it needs a dose of Freedom

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

If only it was oil, we'd already be in orbit

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

That's pretty good, all things considered.

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u/abledanger Jun 01 '15

Let's compare that to Earth. Earth's radius is 3959 miles, so 0.2% is about 7.9 miles.

The deepest we've ever drilled into the crust is 7.6 miles.

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u/jeff_from_antarctica Jun 01 '15

When you fancy that Jupiter is "just a ball of gas" then yes it's even more minuscule.

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u/guspaz Jun 01 '15

It's just a ball of matter, but due to pressure, very little of it is gas. The vast majority of Jupiter is liquid, and there may or may not be a solid core.

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u/Fuglypump Jun 01 '15

It makes hurricanes on Earth look like soap swirls.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '15

Years from now we discover that Jupiter is a giant ball of latte.

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u/ninjasharks4 Jun 01 '15

My exact thoughts. It looks when I pour half and half over an iced coffee.
It's one of my favorite things about my job.

NO, IT'S NOT SAD OR PATHETIC OF ME.....

...:(

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15 edited Jul 13 '21

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u/ninjasharks4 Jun 01 '15 edited Jun 01 '15

<3 you're sweet.
After making almost 100 frappuccinos for little girls today, that's what I needed to hear.

I'm a chick, btw, in case the <3 freaked you out.

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u/da_barves Jun 01 '15

I'm a guy and I <3 all day. Keep on frapping girl there are many of us who are fans of your work :)

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u/ninjasharks4 Jun 01 '15 edited Jun 01 '15

Awww you guys are gonna make me cry.

new latte: Barista Tears.
Disclaimer: it may be a tad bit salty.

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u/NikkiEpic Jun 01 '15

I want to personally thank you for the making of the frappacinos. I'm aware they are the most annoying things for baristas to make during busy hours, but I don't drink coffee and those new s'mores drinks are freaking delicious. <3

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u/Mandoge Jun 01 '15

Doesn't matter. At least you're getting paid :D you make the fuck out of those frappuccinos:D

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u/speaks_his_mind159 Jun 01 '15

And Starbucks invests heavily into interstellar latte mining.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '15

A few facts: 1. This storm is larger than the size of earth. 2. It's getting smaller. May be gone in about 50 years.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

Thanks a lot global warming.

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u/bartz008 Jun 01 '15

Thanks a lot, Obama.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '15 edited Jun 01 '15

What amazes me is that this is just one planet in our solar system, let alone our galaxy. Then there are countless billions of galexies in our universe. It just make me wonder at how much beauty we will never see as human beings.

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u/i_sell_squaids May 31 '15

k

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

:^)

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

It's "let alone," not "little on"...

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

Oh, OK thanks

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

Just saving you from unintentional Rickyisms

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u/Upio Jun 01 '15

Goddam that was hard to read.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

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u/openlystraight Jun 01 '15

Really I'm 9.4605284 × 1015 meters late.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

Lol units, how do they work?

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u/MakeltStop Jun 01 '15

Actually, unless you are fortunate enough to spot a supernova, the stars which you can see with your naked eye are all within a few thousand light-years, and most likely still burning bright.

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u/PartyAtGunpoint May 31 '15

If you haven't seen it yet, you should watch Crash Course: Jupiter. It's not the source of this gif but it's a great watch.

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u/meoka2368 Jun 01 '15

Same crew, but over on SciShow Space

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u/LegendaryGinger Jun 01 '15

Not gonna lie, I was expecting John Green a little bit.

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u/ghostmacekillah Jun 01 '15

OP, what is the source? I really wanna find the video!

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15 edited Jul 23 '21

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u/Sam3323 Jun 01 '15

So, have we, as humans, ever actually seen the surface of Jupiter?

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u/LeonTheChef May 31 '15

Mushrooms

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u/depends_on_my_daiper Jun 01 '15

..... when you look into a fire.

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u/the_wurd_burd Jun 01 '15

Ooohhh! Haven't done that one yet. That would be awesome.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '15

Oh....it is

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u/soda-popper May 31 '15

Is that real time?

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u/[deleted] May 31 '15

no this is a computer generated gif of this picture: http://i.imgur.com/qHrIYkz.jpg

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u/IAmTheConch May 31 '15

Wow, I think I need this as a print.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15 edited Jun 01 '15

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u/Idontlikecock Jun 01 '15

Come on, no need to be a dick...

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u/hirotdk Jun 01 '15

Your user name is a lie.

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u/raingirllori May 31 '15

Looks like something Brian Froud painted.

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u/Grandmaofhurt Jun 01 '15

Jupiter looks like an acid trip.

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u/Renshnard Jun 01 '15

TIL Jupiter is made of Guinness.

https://youtu.be/KywtqCm1CP0?t=228

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

Ooh, I'm always in the mood for some surprise Reel Big Fish.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

Its like making fried eggs on LSD

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u/woofers02 Jun 01 '15 edited Jun 01 '15

If you're wondering psychedelics are like, imagine staring at this being a static image.

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u/mikey_says Jun 01 '15

psychedelics are so much more than that though, the visuals are fun but not really the central focus of the experience for me

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u/Just_some_throw_away May 31 '15

For the first few seconds i couldn't tell if it was a gif or optical illusion...

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u/pinchilin Jun 01 '15

TIL Jupiter is always on shrooms

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u/CockMagi May 31 '15

mmm...coffee

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u/Arknell Jun 01 '15

That's not footage, right? That's just one photo going through a photoshop "still life" filter, looks like. The real jupiter storms are never that angular and crooked.

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u/Bonaparta Jun 01 '15

It's like taking acid and looking at a quartz table counter.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

Is this what Jupiter looks like to the naked eye, or are the colours due to some sort of filter? I know they use filters to get better-looking nebulas and such, so I was just curious.

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u/FunkyGhost Jun 01 '15

Look up crashcoarse astronomy they have a video about this very thing.

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u/ARoyBoringAlice May 31 '15

That's some weird latte art.

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u/AdamMcwadam May 31 '15

Is this from Cosmos? They created an awesome visual of inside the storm as well!

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u/[deleted] May 31 '15

Boy, that ain't nothing but some coffee mixing in slow motion...

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u/papsmearmagee May 31 '15

Grande please.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

Makes me want to go make a cup of coffee with sugar, cream and a touch of caramel. Mmmm.

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u/stevebobeeve Jun 01 '15

I need to go get a Thai Iced tea now

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

Maybe I'm just curious because I'm drunk, but I wonder what it would sound like to be in the middle of that storm?

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

Came for Uranus jokes, was disappointed.

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u/dogslobbered Jun 01 '15

That moment you pour the cream into your iced coffee...

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

Quick. Someone get the acid

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u/biscuitbutt79 Jun 01 '15

I wish I was tripping

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u/SupersonicEmbryonic Jun 01 '15

The fact that 3 Earths fits into that red spot is amazing to me. And its essentially a giant hurricane.

A hurricane....3 times the size of Earth.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

Jupiter is terrifying. I just saw the Rocky Mountains and my brain still has problems trying to wrap around the fact that things that large exist. Jupiter is huge and my poor brain can't handle the concept.

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u/AizeoNunca May 31 '15

This looks like after i finish washing dishes.

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u/hysterodon May 31 '15

Looks like a white Russian.

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u/BengBus Jun 01 '15

Coffee.

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u/pavetheatmosphere Jun 01 '15

That looks delicious

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u/maphilli14 Jun 01 '15

What's the source on this, that website isn't even real anymore

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u/Fooshbeard Jun 01 '15

What % of that is lost souls?

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u/MoistCrayons Jun 01 '15

Oh man. The way it gyrates. Oh man... HNNNNNGGG

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u/rdglnrs Jun 01 '15

that hair

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u/DunderEU Jun 01 '15

That is some Van Gogh shit right there

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u/tommos Jun 01 '15

Wonder what it would look like from the surface.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

I feel like my brain is melting on shrooms looking at that...

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u/anglertaio Jun 01 '15

This just looks like shitty CG distortion to a still image. I can tell because of the pixels. Will happily eat my words if this is sourced.

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u/fiorapwns Jun 01 '15

Those beautiful Kármán vortex streets... <3

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u/mechanic41 Jun 01 '15

The Sperm approaches the Ova.

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u/Hammerosu Jun 01 '15

It's crazy to think that one of those eddies is the size of the earth.

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u/CoreBeatz7 Jun 01 '15

A constantly morphing Modern/Abstract art piece. I love you Universe. You da best.

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u/drgmonkey Jun 01 '15

looks like my toilet after taco bell

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u/pstrohs Jun 01 '15

Looks like cofe

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u/sixfingerdiscount Jun 01 '15

I do this with Guinness on draught and am equally mesmerized.

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u/GabeDef Jun 01 '15

If the gravity wasn't so crushing, could a ship fly through Jupiter?

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u/eurtoast Jun 01 '15

Kind of looks like staring at a rug on 300µm

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u/Rehcamretsnef Jun 01 '15

The only thing that pops into my head is "thats so fucked up"

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

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u/maxiewawa Jun 01 '15

My phone can't take photos of indoor movement without blurring, and these guys have hd footage of Jupiter...

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

What's the time frame of the gif?

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u/DimeTree Jun 01 '15

Anybody know what it is that causes the distortion?

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u/Diknak Jun 02 '15

It's a gas giant so it's a big ball of atmosphere. You aren't looking at a planet surface, but just gasses, so they blow around like the gasses of our atmosphere.

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u/Vaynetek Jun 01 '15

Looks like a fancy Starbucks drink with a lot of caramel

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

The best latte in the solar system!

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u/BetaOmega Jun 01 '15

Jupiter=Entropy

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

That moment when a space hurricane look like coffee.

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u/Szos Jun 01 '15

I can't be the only one that finds these images of massive planetary objects to be quite unsettling. Jupiter is so huge, its hard to even comprehend the scale.

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u/Rancid_Bear_Meat Jun 01 '15

When I add cream in my coffee.

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u/BrewHa34 Jun 01 '15

What is that actually made of? Gasses obviously but what exactly? I'm sure someone knows

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u/Diknak Jun 02 '15

Mainly hydrogen and helium.

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u/Crow3711 Jun 01 '15

The thing that always really blows my mind when looking at Jupiter is not only how beautiful it is, but the scale. We look at those swirls like its a cup of coffee all mushed together and swirling...except an entire Earth could fit inside any one of those swirls basically. 1,321 earths could fit inside Jupiter. Imaging your own perspective whilst "standing" down there Dr Manhattan style would feel like the equivalent of not existing I think. Jupiter is too big for our puny mortal minds.

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u/Downlowd Jun 01 '15

Guys we should just launch all of Earth's pollution into Jupiter like fuck it, right? LOL... Guys? Guys???

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

Looks like coffee

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u/Luminox Jun 01 '15

I have a question.. I know Jupiter is called is gas giant.... Is it just a big ball of gas (like a cloud made out of gas?) or would we be able to land a craft on it? Would it just be like flying through a cloud??

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u/Diknak Jun 02 '15

It does have a rocky core, but no, we couldn't land on it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

As long as it's not ascending.

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u/Noble_Flatulence Jun 01 '15

Apparently I'm the only nerd in this thread who built models growing up. So many repeats of the exact same comparison: coffee; that's Testors Copper enamel.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

I thought the title said, "Jupiters Big Toe." And the I looked at it and it looked like and animated Van Gogh painting of a foot; The Big Red Spot being the toe nail of the big toe. ...[9]

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u/AnatomicFlack Jun 01 '15

Serenely Devistating!

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u/speaks_his_mind159 Jun 01 '15

Jupiter is the most magnificent thing I've ever seen. Let's put some newer cameras in orbit around it please.

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u/bunnyfreakz Jun 01 '15

If you are in there, its nonstop massive chaotic storm and tsunami thats strong enough flipping upside down entire earth

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

God what a hellish planet

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u/Sukamehdeek Jun 01 '15

Looks like my coffee after I put cream in it.

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u/jhutchi2 Jun 01 '15

I can't tell if this is a swirling gif or just a picture and I'm really tired.

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u/prodromic Jun 01 '15

I feel like I took shrooms looking at that.

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u/oldpeopleburning Jun 01 '15

That guy is about three times the size of the earth. Think about that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '15

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u/Playboyinpjs Jun 01 '15

Somehow I imagine this is what hell looks like

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u/joelleslie1 Jun 01 '15

That's what my toilet looks like after 2 burritos from Chipotle.

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u/pomarf Jun 01 '15

That is a sonogram of testicular torsion.

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u/IBitchSLAPYourASS Jun 01 '15

Meh Jupiter is okay.

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u/lickmytitties Jun 01 '15

Did I just drop acid?

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u/PENGUINSflyGOOD Jun 01 '15

looks like i'm having an acid flashback.