Stephen A'Court, Photographer

The power of the photograph

Amazing pictures of planet Jupiter, from the Guardian.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/may/25/nasas-juno-probe-captures-dramatic-first-close-up-images-of-jupiter

It seems impossible that this can happen! Planet Jupiter from 5,000km above. The NASA probe called Juno has been in orbit around the giant planet since July 2016, after a six year journey to even get there. It sends back incredible photographs of tall, white storm clouds standing high above the brown-orange blanket that covers the planet. Jupiter’s wild weather. Time-lapse images revealed the swirls to be enormous cyclones, rotating counter-clockwise in the planet’s northern hemisphere. Ammonia clouds. Lightning. Storms 10 times size of earth’s, on a planet 11 times the size of earth. Most of all, see the incredible beauty of the swirling patterns, and their colours. I wanted to call them earth colours, but I guess not.

“The $1.1bn [NASA Juno] probe swung into orbit around Jupiter in July last year on a mission to peer through the thick clouds that shroud the planet and learn how the alien world, and ultimately all of the planets in the solar system, formed around the nascent sun 4.5bn years ago.”

WellyReCut, images for cast and crew

WellyReCut, Tory Street, 28 April 2017129 images Created 30 Apr 2017For personal use by cast and crew. To download, click the purple Download button here on screen. Enter the password provided in the space which appears. A new window will open, displaying the images. Highlight the ones you want to download, or select All. Click the blue Continue button. Select a size. “JPEG – original size” is a large version, suitable for print. But you’ll see you can select a smaller size if you prefer – the pixel size refers to the number of pixels along the longest side.Please credit where possible: Photograph by Stephen A’Court. And use the tag #WellyReCut. For anything to do with image-access and downloading, email photographer, stephen@photoboy.co.nz or use the Contact button on this page. For Wellington City Arts & Events: Delia Shanly, Delia.Shanly@wcc.govt.nz. Use the images freely in your own social media, and so on. Not intended for use in paid advertising. Not intended for commercial use by other people & businesses. (Those uses might be possible, with a new agreement. Contact photographer.) Use the images to promote your own role in the show, and please be respectful when using images featuring someone other than yourself!https://www.facebook.com/stephenacourtphotographer

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