PIA22931: Jovian Cloudscape


Jovian Cloudscape

Caption:

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this stunning Jovian cloudscape at 5:38 a.m. PST (8:38 a.m. EST) on Feb. 7, 2018, as the spacecraft performed its 11th close flyby of Jupiter.

Citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill created this color-enhanced image using data from the spacecraft's JunoCam imager.

Background Info:

JunoCam's raw images are available at www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam for the public to peruse and process into image products.

More information about Juno is online at http://www.nasa.gov/juno and http://missionjuno.swri.edu .

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the Juno mission for the principal investigator, Scott Bolton, of Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. Juno is part of NASA's New Frontiers Program, which is managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the spacecraft. Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages JPL for NASA.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
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 2018-12-12
Date in Caption 2018-02-07
Image Credit Enhanced image by Kevin M. Gill (CC-BY) based on images provided courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS. Media Usage Guidelines
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22931
Identifier PIA22931