Jupiter Four Hours Before Encounter

Painting depicting Jupiter on left and satellite on right with black space in the background. Signature lower left. Text information on verso: "Plate 16" "Color" "Jupiter four hours before encounter. The date is 1979 March 1 and the spacecraft was launched from Earth on 1977 September 4; its distance from the planet is now 304,000 miles. The great Red Spot is visible lower right and the shadow of a satellite is in transit." Bonestell Gallery tracking number 56. Original illustration from "Beyond Jupiter" (Clarke, Arthur C. Beyond Jupiter. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1972. Plate V.) Bonestell tracking #56.