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Layered Swirls
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Caption:
Layers of clouds swirl in Jupiter's atmosphere, captured in this image from Juno's JunoCam imager. Sharp boundaries of storms cast thin shadows on the clouds beneath the storms at about 50 degrees north. The smallest, brightest clouds, dubbed "pop-up" storms, are likely composed of bright crystals of ammonia.
Citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill created this cropped and enhanced color version of the image taken by JunoCam on Sept. 12, 2019 at 03:41. The Juno spacecraft was just 4,900 miles (7,900 kilometers) above Jupiter's cloud tops, and details as small as 3 miles (5 kilometers) across can be resolved in the image.
Background Info:
JunoCam's raw images are available for the public to peruse and process into image products at
https://missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing
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More information about Juno is at http://www.nasa.gov/juno and http://missionjuno.swri.edu .
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 | Ammonia, Atmosphere, Color, Shadow, Storm, Visual | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2019-12-12 | |
| Date in Caption | ||
| Image Credit | Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing by Kevin M. Gill, © CC BY | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23603 | |
| Identifier | PIA23603 | |
