Jupiter

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Caption:

This processed color image of Jupiter was produced in 1990 by the U.S. Geological Survey from a Voyager image captured in 1979. The colors have been enhanced to bring out detail. Zones of light-colored, ascending clouds alternate with bands of dark, descending clouds. The clouds travel around the planet in alternating eastward and westward belts at speeds of up to 540 kilometers per hour. Tremendous storms as big as Earthly continents surge around the planet. The Great Red Spot (oval shape toward the lower-left) is an enormous anticyclonic storm that drifts along its belt, eventually circling the entire planet.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name	Value	Additional Values
Target	Jupiter
System
Target Type	Planet
Mission	Voyager
Instrument Host	Voyager 2
Host Type	Flyby Spacecraft
Instrument
Detector
Extra Keywords	Atmosphere, Color, Storm
Acquisition Date
Release Date	1998-06-04
Date in Caption
Image Credit	NASA/JPL/USGS
Source	photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00343
Identifier	PIA00343