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Jupiter’s
vibrant
beauty
A
surreal world of vibrant colour, clarity
and contrast captured by NASA’s Juno
spacecraft as it was racing away from
Jupiter following its seventh close
pass of the planet.
JunoCam snapped the stunning image on 19
May 2017 from about 29,100 miles (46,900 km)
above the cloud tops. The spacecraft was over
65.9 degrees south latitude allowing a lovely
view of the south polar region of the planet.
This image was processed to enhance
colour differences and highlight the amazing
variety in Jupiter’s stormy atmosphere. Four of
the white oval storms, known as the ‘String of
Pearls’, are visible at the top right of the image.
Interestingly, one orange-coloured storm
can be seen at the belt-zone boundary, while
other storms are more of a cream colour.
See page 102 for a further insight into the
beautiful JunoCam imagery of Jupiter by NASA
astronaut and artist Nicole Stott.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstadt/Sean Doran
