So again, our scale of perspective is thrown off because of the huge size of the planet. I have no idea the wavelength or any other parameters. New Horizon's image courtesy NASA as posted on the Boston Globe). This picture does show some apparent haze, but I only have a few details on it (i.e. The spacecraft was about 1,561,000 km (21.8 Jovian radii) from the limb of Jupiter and the resolution is about 16 kilometers per picture element. The images, which show the limb between 60.6 degrees and 62.2 degrees North latitude (planetographic) and near 295 degrees West longitude, were obtained on DecemUniversal Time. ![]() I can't find that exact experiment, but here is a UV shot that again appears pretty defined, until you realize the distances you are dealing with. However, there have been experiments done where the Galileo probe actually watched a star as it passed the limb of Jupiter, and measured the atmospheric extent. In looking at the specific photograph you posted, there may have been some post processing effects as well in terms of colour and clarity (due to some pixelation effects on the limb), although in this case I may have to claim some ignorance. You are actually beyond the orbit of the moon Io in that picture, so scale will be even more set off than usual. Add to that the distance from which that photograph was taken. I'll resist quoting Douglas Adams here, but the human brain just isn't equipped to deal with those sort of dimensions.
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