https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA23437&fbclid=IwAR19yYszRitq60iX2yw58hlv0X3RwGKFZ5QK2uokXm2780dPt7LNlFVv-CA
I read the article and it still doesn’t make sense to me how the shadow appears this ginormous?
In: Physics
It’s only a picture of a small part of Jupiter’s surface, twisted into a circular image. [This](http://www.mikesalway.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/20090506_1836-mikesalway.jpg) is what a full hemisphere picture of Io’s shadow on Jupiter looks like. Notice the large “white” stripes across the equator and how only one or two of them are shown in the picture you linked.
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