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This enhanced color view of Jupiter's cloud tops was processed by citizen scientist Bjorn Jonsson using data from the JunoCam instrument on NASA's Juno spacecraft. The image highlights a massive counterclockwise rotating storm that appears as a white oval in the gas giant's southern hemisphere.

Juno acquired this image on Feb. 2, 2017, at 6:13 a.m. PDT (9:13 a.m. EDT), as the spacecraft performed a close flyby of Jupiter. When the image was taken, the spacecraft was about 9,000 miles (14,500 kilometers) from the planet.

It also completed it's fifth flyby of the red giant.

NASA's Juno mission accomplished a close flyby of Jupiter on May 19, successfully completing its fifth science orbit.

All of Juno's science instruments and the spacecraft's JunoCam were operating during the flyby, collecting data that is now being returned to Earth. Juno's next close flyby of Jupiter will occur on July 11, 2017, taking it over Jupiter's Great Red Spot.

 

[Brian_FETO]

Ooooooooooh

Thanks for posting, that's rad!

 

[-Stranger-]

Space is so cool and interesting

 

[theWB27]

To be able to stand in a Jupiter storm unharmed.

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

Not bad for a failed star.

 

[sixteen-bit]

looks almost like oil in a rain puddle

 

[Kettch]

Is the squiggly line above it sort of like a hurricane's tail, or is that just an illusion?

 

[Gravidee]

I'm really curious how that is supposed to look on ground/sky level.

 

[jchap]

Looks like turbulent fluid flow

 

[Nokterian]

This looks amazing and mesmerizing, space is so damn cool. And to think we as human beings with a conscience know what kind of planets we have in our solar system makes it even more awesome.

 

[Platy]

Almost a Nude that Jupiter send to Juno

 

[Haly]

Can't fool me. This is just a close up of some obscure Van Gogh.

 

[mr jones]

I'm really curious how that is supposed to look on ground/sky level.

Assuming there is a ground.

Also assuming that that storm would engulf half of our planet, it would probably look like what I'd imagine Hell would be like.

 

[Hattori]

Is Jupiter flat though?

 

[Chocolate & Vanilla]

Is Jupiter flat though?

It looks like a painting because it is painted on the skybox so technically it is flat. But it's not even a real planet anyway.

 

[LordKasual]

I'm really curious how that is supposed to look on ground/sky level.

Okay, it'd probably be alot more interesting like that inbetween layers.


Also, there is no ground level. Jupiter is a gas giant

I guess at some point, the gas would become some form of liquid due to pressure.

But i'm sure it wouldn't take very long at all diving into Jupiter before it became pitch black due to no sunlight getting through

 

[Retro]

Fun Fact: The Little Red Spot is larger than the Earth;

Although it seems small when viewed against Jupiter's vast scale, the Little Red Spot is actually about the size of Earth, and the Great Red Spot is around three Earth diameters across. Both are giant storms in Jupiter's southern hemisphere powered by warm air rising in their centers. (source)