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NASA's Juno spacecraft has captured a stunning new image of storms in Jupiter's northern temperate belt, characterized by white "popping" clouds and an impressionistic scene of "oil painting" storms on the planet.
As the Daily mail NASA recently explained about this image: "Several" glowing "white clouds, as well as an anticyclonic storm, called white oval, appear in the scene." A multitude of gorgeous clouds and swirling are captured in Jupiter's dynamic northern storm belt. "
The new Jupiter photograph was captured by the Juno satellite at 13:58. PDT October 29th as the spacecraft was busy with its 16th flight over the planet as it was 4,400 miles away from the huge clouds that escaped so well captured in the image.
The image is said to show strikingly the force of swirls and jets in the area of the northern temperate belt of Jupiter, with clouds formed of either ammonia ice and water or ammonia and ice crystals.
It is thanks to the scientific citizens Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran that we have this beautiful image of Jupiter, because they were able to build the new image from data collected by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA.
When NASA posted a photo of Jupiter's new image on Twitter, she suggested that it reminds of a dragon's eye and invited viewers to participate and give their opinion on what the clouds and storm represented for them.
A dragon's eye?
What do you see in the swirling clouds of Jupiter? https://t.co/TjIOUFJ2CC
????: @NASAJuno pic.twitter.com/45RMgQ6d3u– NASA JPL (@NASAJPL) November 9, 2018
Seán Doran thought he was witnessing dolphins frolicking in the clouds of Jupiter's immense sky.
A dolphin swims in the sky of Jupiter.@NASAJuno Perijove 16 [ Swift/Doran ] pic.twitter.com/PZhlx3a7I2
– Seán Doran (@_TheSeaning) November 8, 2018
Another recent picture of a similar storm on Jupiter was captured on September 6th. It revealed what has been called a mirror image of the southern hemisphere of the planet. This particular image was created this time by citizen citizen Gerald Eichstädt.
When the September photo was taken, the Juno probe was this time at a distance of about 55 600 miles from the swirling clouds, as noted by NASA.
"The improved color image was taken at 19:13. PDT September 6, 2018 (10:13 pm EDT) as the spacecraft made its 15th flyby close to Jupiter. "
The two new images of September and October fascinated astronomers, while Juno's other flights of Jupiter focused mainly on storms in the northern hemisphere.
It is fortunate that NASA will maintain the scientific operations of its Juno spacecraft until July 2021 so that we can continue to see new images of the clouds and storms that invade the sky of Jupiter.
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