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OK so it’s not a new gadget or consumer electronic but so what? Something pretty incredible happened to Jupiter between 3 and 9am PST on July 20th (OK.. I can’t help but think of this as “something wonderful” right now – yes, I’m a 2001/2010 fan). A new dark “scar” appeared near the south polar region which appears to have been caused by some sort of object impacting on Jupiter.

The scar was first noticed by amateur astronomer, Anthony Wesley of Australia, who then notified NASA about the finding. The above picture was taken using NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility in Mauna Kea, Hawaii,

And yes.. there’s a part of me that can’t help but think of thousands and thousands of monoliths…

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