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This movie clip (of which the release image is a still frame), created from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows a turbulent region west of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The small, bright white spots are believed to be thunderstorms.
Cassini is a cooperative mission of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages Cassini for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C.
Name | Value | Additional Values |
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Target | Jupiter | |
System | Jupiter | |
Target Type | Planet | |
Mission | Cassini-Huygens | |
Instrument Host | Cassini Orbiter | |
Host Type | Orbiter | |
Instrument | Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) | |
Detector | ||
Extra Keywords | Atmosphere, Color, Storm | |
Acquisition Date | ||
Release Date | 2000-12-30 | |
Date in Caption | ||
Image Credit | NASA/JPL/University of Arizona | |
Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02868 | |
Identifier | PIA02868 |