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An image captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft features swirling cloud formations on Jupiter.(Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SWRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Seán Doran)

Jupiter looks less like a planet and looks more like a painting in a new image released by NASA.

The image captures the "chaotic and turbulent" clouds of Jupiter, with swirling formations and multiple swirls in the northern hemisphere of the giant planet.

The image was taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft on May 23rd during its 13th flight over the planet. Juno was about 9,600 miles from the top of Jupiter's clouds at that time.

NASA said that the bright clouds on the image are "ammonia or ammonia and water, mixed with a dusting of chemical ingredients unknown ". according to a post detailing the new image.

Earlier this month, NASA said Juno may have discovered details about the mysterious flash appearing on the giant planet.

In the data of Juno's first eight passes through the planet, the ship's radiometric microwave (MWR) instrument, scientists have learned that lightning can be as common as on Earth. However, the place where it is and the way it is native are very different.

"The distribution of Jupiter's lightning is upside down in relation to the Earth," said Shannon Brown, Juno scientist and senior author of the paper, "There is a lot of activity near Jupiter poles but not near the equator – the tropics – this is not true for our planet. "

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