Diamond Member SpaceMan 0 Posted May 12, 2025 Diamond Member Share Posted May 12, 2025 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Image processing: Jackie Branc (CC BY) This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , the visible light imager aboard This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , captured this view of Jupiter’s northern high latitudes during the spacecraft’s 69th flyby of the giant planet on Jan. 28, 2025. Jupiter’s belts and zones stand out in this enhanced color rendition, along with the turbulence along their edges caused by winds going in different directions. The original JunoCam data used to produce this view was taken from an altitude of about 36,000 miles (58,000 kilometers) above Jupiter’s cloud tops. JunoCam’s This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up for the public to peruse and process into image products. Citizen scientist Jackie Branc processed the image. Since Juno arrived at Jupiter in 2016, it has been probing beneath the dense, forbidding clouds encircling the giant planet – the first orbiter to peer so closely. It seeks answers to questions about the origin and evolution of Jupiter, our solar system, and giant planets across the cosmos. Learn more about This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . Image credit: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Image processing: Jackie Branc (CC BY) This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/247225-nasa-jupiter%E2%80%99s-turbulent-atmosphere/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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