Juno exposes the dramatic atmospheric characteristics of Jupiter

The dramatic atmospheric features of the northern hemisphere of Jupiter are captured in this view of NASA's Juno spacecraft. The new perspective shows the swirling clouds that surround a circular entity in a jet stream region called "Jet N6".

This image with optimized colors was taken at 12:20 pm PST on February 12, 2019 (12:20 pm EST), as the spacecraft made its 18th flyby close to the giant gas planet. At that time, Juno was about 13,000 kilometers from the top of the planet's clouds, over a latitude of about 55 degrees north.

Citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill created this image using data from the probe's JunoCam imager. The image was rotated about 100 degrees to the right.

JunoCam's raw images can be viewed by the public and transformed into image products at http://missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam.

For more information on Juno, visit http://www.nasa.gov/juno and http://missionjuno.swri.edu.

Image Credits: NASA /JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Kevin M. Gill