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Google Jupiter

On 27-March-2006 NASA released some new photos of Jupiter from the Cassini mission. Included is a cylindrical map of the entire atmosphere of Jupiter. I’ve created an image overlay for Google Earth so you can view the picture as a 3D globe instead of a boring flat map. Turn off any extra layers or placemarks first. Also, make sure you turn off “Atmosphere” in “Tools->Options” so you don’t see the Earth’s atmosphere around Jupiter (that looks a little weird). Then, go ahead and load Jupiter .
By the way, there is a great free program for viewing space-related sites called Celestia. I’m sure it won’t be long before someone takes this new photo and makes it available to Celestia as well (although that program already has an excellent photomap of Jupiter).
Related: Check out this new Jupiter – Clouds in Motion story.

About Frank Taylor

Frank Taylor started the Google Earth Blog in July, 2005 shortly after Google Earth was first released. He has worked with 3D computer graphics and VR for many years and was very impressed with this exciting product. Frank completed a 5.5 year circumnavigation of the earth by sailboat in June 2015 which you can read about at Tahina Expedition, and is a licensed pilot, backpacker, diver, and photographer.

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Comments

  1. Jorge says

    This is a great idea because only the google earth server is an exciting interactive program, so why not continue it with other planets?. the most of the people would like the continue of the developing of this program and the grown of the features that it gives.

  4. sairam says

    gogle earth.It is the most wonderful photograph took by the satellites.the most exciting topic i.e we can see any place in earth in any angle.
    but I hope that you will develop every small village in every backward place.

  5. Francis Wilkin says

    Hi,
    It’s nice to be able to view Jupiter like the Earth but I can’t remove the overlay that traces Earth’s political boundaries…they overlay Jupiter.
    Any solution?
    Thanks!

  6. Blake says

    Hi there
    you know Google earth don’t you.well i was wondering if you could get a Google Saturn? like Google earth but Saturn instead
    thanks

  7. Yang says

    Thanks. At first I forgot to switch off the political boundaries. Hard to believe all the continents could show up on Jupiter. That was kinda weird.

  8. jason valentine says

    i used the jupiter program for google earth and i cant turn it back to earth…lol… its a little annoying please help

  9. jawad says

    Yes that will be very interesting if there was to be an google jupiter. infact i think there should me made for other planets aswell!

  11. zdravko says

    Ok Frank..Nice thing but i will be wery grateful if you show us how to back this thing in normaly earth wiew..

  13. charlie arnold says

    I thought that google 4.2 was good looking at nebulas an stuff like that but now planets and moons it’s so good

  15. Jacklyn says

    I think that the solar system is awesome. I think it should be more colorful though. all the planets are not colorful, just plain plain plain. Anyways, good sighnt………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………- Thanks, Ive always wanted to be on the internet, or on a sight, Jacklyn.

  16. MARKIE says

    I cannot get back to earth …jupiter won’t go away
    can’t google earth anymore…tried disinstall and re-install..always jupiter returns, curses…

  18. SP says

    The atmosphere option in the latest relese of GE (4.3) actually makes jupiter look more realistic. The blue haze you see on the edges of the planets is there on all planets with atmospheres. BTW I don’t suggest Google make a jupiter release of GE because it would be very hard because the atmosphere and cloud patterns (which are basically everything visible) are constantly changing.

  19. Zer0 says

    dont they already have google earth, google mars, and google moon (our moon) and google does do other spacey stuff up sure there was an option the flip the camera so its posistioned on earth looking out into never never land.

  22. brian says

    i found the awnser to being stuck on juipter just dlete the juipter layer.:)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))



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