This view shows numerous craters, including many degraded craters , indicating Ida's surface is older than previously thought. The image was taken through the 3.5-meter telescope at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico on July 19, 1994. This image of Jupiter was obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Planetary Camera after numerous fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 had collided with the planet. Eight impact sites are visible. This ultraviolet image taken from the Hubble Space Telescope shows Jupiter's atmosphere after many impacts by fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
H is visible rising on the left side.
Proceeding to the right, other dark spots were caused by impacts of fragments Q1, R, D and G, and L, with L covering the largest area of any seen thus far. The spots are very dark in the ultraviolet because a large quantity of dust is being deposited high in Jupiter's stratosphere , and that dust absorbs sunlight. Scientists will be able to track winds in the stratosphere by watching the evolution of these features. Jupiter's moon, Io , is the dark spot just above the center of the planet. Halley in 1910 This historic photograph shows a wide-angle view of Halley's Comet as it appeared over Flagstaff, Arizona on May 13, 1910.