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新西兰上空的糙面云

Trees and mountains line the bottom of a landscape image with blue sky visible above. The sky is otherwise dominated by a large and unusual cloud that is brown and gold and has many waves and structures. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
树木与山峦环绕着一幅风景画的底部,上方可见蓝天。天空中则被一朵巨大而奇特的云朵占据,该云朵呈棕色与金色,并带有许多波浪状结构。有关更多详细信息,请参阅说明。

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木星的深渊

Swirling clouds on the planet Jupiter are pictured, mostly in white, tan, and light blue. A dark spot appears in the center surrounded by swirling white and blue clouds. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
图中显示的是木星上的旋涡云,大部分为白色、棕褐色和浅蓝色。中心出现一个黑点,周围环绕着旋涡状的白色和蓝色的云。有关更多详细信息,请参阅说明。

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扮成土星的月亮

The featured image shows a crescent Moon over a city and volcano with a flat cloud running through the center that makes the Moon look a bit like the planet Saturn. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
特色图片显示,一轮新月悬挂在一座城市和一座火山上方,中间有一片平坦的云层,使月球看起来有点像土星。有关更多详细信息,请参阅说明。

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宝光与雾虹

See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available.
请参阅说明。单击图片将下载可用的最高分辨率版本。

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朱诺号影像:木星的漩涡云

2023年5月23日 Jupiter’s Swirls from Juno Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M. Gill Explanation: Big storms are different on Jupiter. On Earth, huge hurricanes and colossal cyclones are centered on regions of low pressure, but on Jupiter, it is the high-pre

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扮成土星的月亮

2022年8月2日 A Moon Dressed Like Saturn Image Credit & Copyright: Francisco Sojuel Explanation: Why does Saturn appear so big? It doesn’t — what is pictured are foreground clouds on Earth crossing in front of the Moon. The Moon shows a slight crescent phase with most of its surface vis

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银河周围的彩色带状气辉

2022年3月13日 Colorful Airglow Bands Surround Milky Way Image Credit & Copyright: Xiaohan Wang Explanation: Why would the sky glow like a giant repeating rainbow? Airglow. Now air glows all of the time, but it is usually hard to see. A disturbance however — like an approaching storm —

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木星的巨风暴与高层云

2021年12月29日 Giant Storms and High Clouds on Jupiter Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M. Gill Explanation: What and where are these large ovals? They are rotating storm clouds on Jupiter imaged last month by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. In general, higher cl

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美国西弗吉尼亚州上空的火彩虹

2021年8月30日 A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia Image Credit: Christa Harbig Explanation: What’s happening to this cloud? Ice crystals in a distant cirrus cloud are acting like little floating prisms. Known informally as a fire rainbow for its flame-like appearance, a circumhorizon arc appears pa

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朱诺号影像:木星云层上的脸谱

2021年06月08日 A Face in the Clouds of Jupiter from Juno Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Jason Major Explanation: What do you see in the clouds of Jupiter? On the largest scale, circling the planet, Jupiter has alternating light zones and reddish-brown belts. Rising zone gas, mostly hydrogen a

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