NASA's Juno spacecraft captures Jupiter's chaotic clouds |

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NASA's Juno spacecraft has taken this enhanced color image

This image captures swirling cloud belts and tumultuous whirlpools in the northern hemisphere of Jupiter. (Image of NASA)

(NASA) – NASA's Juno spacecraft took this enhanced color image at 22:23. PDT 23 May 2018 (01:23 EDT 24 May), as the spacecraft made its 13th close flight of Jupiter. At the time, Juno was about 9,500 miles (15,500 kilometers) from the cloudy summits of the planet, over a north latitude of 56 degrees.

The area seen here is somewhat chaotic and turbulent, given the various swirling cloud formations. In general, the material of the darker clouds is deeper in the atmosphere of Jupiter, while the material of the shiny clouds is high.

The bright clouds are most likely ammonia or ammonia and water, mixed with a pinch of unknown chemical ingredients.

A shiny oval in the center of the bottom comes off in the scene. This characteristic appears uniformly white in ground telescope observations. However, with JunoCam, we can observe fine scale structure in this weather system, including additional structures inside.

There is no apparent significant movement within this feature; Like the big red spot, its winds probably slow down towards the center.

Citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran created this image using data from the JunoCam imager of the spacecraft.

The raw images of JunoCam are available for the public to read and turn into image products HERE.

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