Jupiter Surface II Pandora's Cluster is the pale blue dot

is the pale blue dot of our planet

Watched closely by the Sun-orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory

At Hubble's resolution

The crater is approximately 800 meters (about half a mile) in diameter

The image shows a major eruption in progress on Io's night side

Jupiter Surface II Pandora's Cluster is the pale blue dotThis map is part of a group release of cylindrical and polar stereographic projections of Jupiter. This color map of Jupiter was constructed from images taken by the narrow angle camera onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 11 and 12, 2000, as the spacecraft neared Jupiter during its flyby of the giant planet. Cassini was on its way to Saturn. They are the most detailed global color maps of Jupiter ever produced. The smallest visible features are