# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DE8UaqAp8-T
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/26016698-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-01-17T21:53:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Oh my glob, you guys 💅⁣
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Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, is known to have X-ray-producing auroras around its poles, but those aren’t the only rays in the neighborhood. In this image of Jupiter, the purple space lumps surrounding the planet are massive clouds of X-rays observed by our NASAChandraXray telescope—some are even larger than the planet itself.⁣
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Jupiter’s auroras can also be seen as thin purple bands, particularly near the planet’s north pole. In this particular image, Jupiter is shown in infrared frequencies captured by NASAHubble.⁣
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Image description: In this composite image, Jupiter is set against the blackness of space, flanked by neon purple blobs. Jupiter is presented in exceptionally clear focus. More than a dozen bands of swirling gas streak the surface, each a different texture and shade of grey. The gas giant is encircled by a fine, sky-blue ring, the same color as the large storm which swirls on its surface at the lower right. Large hazy blobs of neon purple flank Jupiter.⁣
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Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Major, S. Wolk⁣
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