The JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this image of Jupiter's southern equatorial region on Sept. 1, 2017. The image is oriented so Jupiter's poles (not visible) run left-to-right of frame.
JunoCam's raw images are available for the public to peruse and process into image products at
https://missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing
.
More information about Juno is at https://www.nasa.gov/juno and https://missionjuno.swri.edu .
Name | Value | Additional Values |
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Target | Jupiter | |
System | Jupiter | |
Target Type | Planet | |
Mission | Juno | |
Instrument Host | Juno | |
Host Type | Orbiter | |
Instrument | JunoCam | |
Detector | ||
Extra Keywords | Color, Visual | |
Acquisition Date | ||
Release Date | 2020-02-18 | |
Date in Caption | ||
Image Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill | |
Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23595 | |
Identifier | PIA23595 |