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English: Jupiter as seen by the space probe "Cassini". This is the most detailed global colour portrait of Jupiter ever assembled. It is produced from several high resolution images taken a little more than a day before Cassini's closest approach to Jupiter.

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English: Jupiter as seen by the space probe "Cassini". This is the most detailed global colour portrait of Jupiter ever assembled. It is produced from several high resolution images taken a little more than a day before Cassini's closest approach to Jupiter.
Français : Jupiter vu par la sonde spatiale Cassini. Cette image est le portrait complet en couleur le plus détaillé jamais réalisé de cette planète. Elle a été produite en assemblant des photos en haute résolution prises par Cassini un jour avant son passage au plus près de l'astre.
Date 9 December 2000 (Released: 2003-11-13)
Source http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA04866
Author NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Shuttle.svg This image or video was catalogued by Jet Propulsion Lab of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: PIA04866.
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