Jovian sunset time-lapse (PJ24)

2020-02-03 23:23 UT
Credit : NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Björn Jónsson
Submitted By : Bjorn_Jonsson
Mission Phase : PERIJOVE 24

A time-lapse created from five images obtained on December 26, 2019. The images have been reprojected to polar projection. This sequence of images shows changes near Jupiter's evening terminator in the northern hemisphere as the sun sets. The images cover a period of 14 minutes. North is to the lower left. The large, prominent cloud feature at lower left is centered at planetographic latitude ~60 degrees north.

The original images have been heavily processed. The contrast and color has not been enhanced but the brightness has been greatly increased near the terminator. Some of the original images are quite noisy and dark near the terminator, in particular the last two since they were obtained with a shorter exposure time than the first three images. This results in some processing artifacts near the terminator.

A 'tweened' version of this time lapse is also available on YouTube.