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Southern Hemisphere Storms
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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 white oval storms in Jupiter's southern hemisphere that rotate counterclockwise, similar to the larger Great Red Spot. These storms are very stable and persist for decades.
Background Info:
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.
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| 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, Rotation, Storm | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2000-12-31 | |
| Date in Caption | ||
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL/University of Arizona | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02869 | |
| Identifier | PIA02869 | |
