is this a true colour image?
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I would like to know too. I think NASA adds the colors based on chemical composition, but I could be wrong for Jupiter. I know they do it for rocky planets and moons.
so incredibly striking.
That's so cool. Technology has come so far.
Would it have been a lot harder for humans to build accurate celestial models if we had as many moons as Jupiter that could sweep across the sky mid-day and cause total blackout? Just thinking of it from the planet-side observer's perspective, it seems like it would be a lot less obvious what was actually occurring up in space.