The New Horizons robotic spacecraft recently passed Jupiter on its way to Pluto and the outer Solar System. On its way around Jupiter, it took many photos of the planet and its moons, including this montage showing the Big Red Spot, the Little Red Spot, and their respective whirl-filled wakes.
I sure wish we’d invest more in these robotic explorers. The science done by any one of them exceeds the total science done in the current manned space program, at a tiny fraction of the cost…
