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Images Taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope takes pictures of planets, stars, galaxies and other objects in space. Here are some images provided by the Hubble.
This is a picture of the Hubble Space Telescope above the Earth.
This is a shuttle taking up the Hubble Telescope to space.
This image of Mars was taken in 1999 when Mars was 54 million miles from Earth. Martian features as small as 12 miles wide could be seen from this distance.
The Hubble's observations of Venus (above) show that the atmosphere continues to recover from an intense bout of sulfuric "acid-rain" thought to be triggered by the eruption of a volcano in the late 1970's.
In this image of Jupiter, the Great Red Spot is visible. The Great Red Spot is the largest known storm in the Solar System. It has a diameter of 15,400 meters, it is almost twice the size of the entire Earth and is 1/6 the diameter of Jupiter. It was discovered more than 300 years ago and shows no signs of dying away. Winds inside the storm reach speeds of about 270mph.
There are over 1000 seperate rings of Saturn. Astronomers are not sure that the rings were formed at the same time as the planet or if they are the remains of one of Saturn's moons or another object that came too close to Saturn.
Images Taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope takes pictures of planets, stars, galaxies and other objects in space. Here are some images provided by the Hubble.This infared view of Uranus shows its 4 major rings. The Hubble has recently found 20 clouds on Uranus. The orange coloured clouds circle the planet at more than 300mph.
Scientists have found that Neptune has some of the wildest and weirdest weather in the solar system. On Neptune, winds blow up to 900mph, while huge storms, some the size of Earth, come and go regularily.
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