Jupiter looks like a portrait of modern art in these JunoCam images

04/20/2020 India

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By: Tech Desk | New Delhi |

Posted: Apr 20, 2020 1:32:23 PM

Juno captured this on his 26th flyby. (Image data: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS | Image processing by Kevin M. Gill)

As the largest planet in orbit around the Sun, Jupiter has a reputation for being a body that has a profound influence on the solar system. NASA’s Juno spacecraft is studying the magnetic giant’s gravitational and magnetic fields, among other things, including its vast magnetosphere, aurora, and the swirling clouds of its atmosphere.

The space agency recently shared an image (21 MB in size) of the elaborate atmospheric jets in Jupiter’s northern mid-latitude region on a website dedicated to the Juno mission. Citizen scientist Kevin M Gill processed this JunoCam image, which was taken on April 10, 2020, when the Juno spacecraft made its 26th close flyby of the planet.

“At the time the image was taken, the spacecraft was about 5,375 miles (8,650 kilometers) from Jupiter’s clouds at a latitude of about 50 degrees north. The spacecraft was traveling around 127,000 mph (204,000 km / h) relative to the planet at the time, “NASA said.

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According to the space agency, this detailed color-enhanced image (shared above) reveals a complex topography in Jupiter’s clouds. On a closer look, we can see relatively small and bright “emerging” clouds that rise above the surrounding features and stand out at the top and edges of the swirl patterns.

Here are some other Jupiter images with enhanced colors that look like modern art portraits:

This image shows Jupiter’s south pole as seen by NASA’s Juno spacecraft from an altitude of 32,000 miles (52,000 kilometers). (Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Betsy Asher Hall / Gervasio Robles)
During its twenty-first Jupiter flyby, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of a chaotic and stormy area of the planet’s northern hemisphere known as a folded filamentous region. (Photo: NASA / JPL / SwRI / MSSS; image processing by Kevin M. Gill)
This image shows an enhanced color view of Jupiter’s south pole. (Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Gabriel Fiset)
Image source: NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Seán Doran
See intricate cloud patterns in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere in this new view taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. (Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Kevin M. Gill)