Voyager 1 Jupiter Images – Oval DE
Oval DE
About 10 hours before closest approach Voyager 1 acquired three 1x3 narrow angle green filtered images of one of the three big, white ovals that were present in the South Temperate Zone at latitude 33°S during the Voyager flybys. These ovals formed in 1939-1941 and had been shrinking since then. They were named oval BC, oval DE and oval FA. This mosaic shows white oval DE. The images here were obtained on March 5, 1979 when Voyager 1 was about 800,000 km from Jupiter's center.
Oval DE (enhanced green images)
A mosaic of three green filtered images showing oval DE. The contrast has been enhanced.
Wide angle context view
An approximately true color/contrast wide angle context view.
A part of oval DE
In addition to the three green filtered images mentioned above, a single narrow angle violet image was also obtained showing the oval's southern boundary. This makes it possible to construct a higher quality color view of this area.
Oval DE in color
Here the three high resolution (~8 km pixel) green filtered images have been merged into a lower resolution color image that Voyager 1 obtained with its wide angle camera.
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