NASA. Voyager 1 mission. Superb mosaic photograph of the pla - Lot 160

NASA. Voyager 1 mission. Superb mosaic photograph of the planet Jupiter taken by the Voyager 1 space probe from a distance of 12 million kilometers. The Galilean moons Europa (left), Ganymede (center) and Io are visible. Io's shadow is just beginning to cross Jupiter's cloud tops on the right. In addition to the main moons, the ring moon Amalthea and its eclipsing shadow are also visible on Jupiter's cloud tops. They are located almost along the equator. Amalthea is located almost at the center of a large plume in the equatorial zone, while its shadow is visible on a band of dark clouds at the equator. February 22, 1979. period chromogenic print. Numbering on front. Legend on back label. 25.5 X 20.5CM with margins.