APOD: 2020 June 28 - Europa and Jupiter from Voyager 1

Maj William W. 'Bill' Price good morning my friend, I have been so busy over the last two weeks, it's always a pleasure to read your your read (Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Europa and Jupiter from Voyager 1." I have said it many of times before and I will say it many times again: NOBODY DOES IT BETTER FROM ABOVE! I really mean it, so inquisitive and of the most interesting my friend. Have a wonderful day!!!

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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Composite Picture of the Day (ACPOD) for Sunday, June 28, 2020 entitled "Europa and Jupiter from Voyager 1."

This image could well be used in a travel brochure for anybody desiring to visit Jupiter :-)

Image: Europa and Jupiter from Voyager 1 - Image Credit - NASA, Voyager 1, JPL, Caltech - Processing & License - Alexis Tranchandon / Solaris

APOD Background
"Explanation: What are those spots on Jupiter? Largest and furthest, just right of center, is the Great Red Spot -- a huge storm system that has been raging on Jupiter possibly since Giovanni Cassini's likely notation of it 355 years ago. It is not yet known why this Great Spot is red. The spot toward the lower left is one of Jupiter's largest moons: Europa. Images from Voyager in 1979 bolster the modern hypothesis that Europa has an underground ocean and is therefore a good place to look for extraterrestrial life. But what about the dark spot on the upper right? That is a shadow of another of Jupiter's large moons: Io. Voyager 1 discovered Io to be so volcanic that no impact craters could be found. Sixteen frames from Voyager 1's flyby of Jupiter in 1979 were recently reprocessed and merged to create the featured image. About 43 years ago, Voyager 1 launched from Earth and started one of the greatest explorations of the Solar System ever."

Jóhann Jóhannsson - A Song for Europa (Live on KEXP)
KEXP.ORG presents Jóhann Jóhannsson, with the American Contemporary Music Ensemble, performing "A Song for Europa" live in the KEXP studio. Recorded April 20, 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stI5ig17ths

I hope and pray that you and each member of your family sleeps well and awakes heathy and refreshed on Monday morning.

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Good Sunday morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price & thank you for this outstanding & majestic image of Jupiter, & it's moons, Io & Europa from photos taken by Voyager 1!!!