JunoCam News
NASA released 11 colour-enhanced images of the giant planet with the south pole on the left (11th image in the sequence) and the north pole on the right (first image in the sequence).
This storm is a long-lived anticyclonic oval named North Temperate Little Red Spot 1 (NN-LRS-1); it has been tracked at least since 1993, and may be older still.
This mission will be a part of Juno's sixth science flyby of the gas giant's mysterious cloud tops.
Citizen scientists often have a gala time creating the best enhanced-colour images of gas giant by using data delivered by Juno.
Taking advantage of the data provided by JunoCam, citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran have managed to create a stunning enhanced-color image of Jupiter’s bands of light and dark clouds.
NASA's Juno spacecraft has captured a clear view of the south polar region of Jupiter.
Using the numerous images captured by JunoCam, experts have created enhanced colour-images showing a sequenced glimpse of how how quickly the viewing geometry changes for Juno as it swoops by Jupiter.
Juno's next close flyby of Jupiter will occur on July 11, 2017, taking it over Jupiter’s Great Red Spot.
NASA Juno captured this breathtaking image when it was a mere 5,400 miles above Jupiter’s cloudtops on December 11, 2016 at 9:14 a.m. PT (12:14 p.m. ET).
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The magnificent image released by NASA was captured by the JunoCam instrument - a visible light camera/telescope - onboard the Juno spacecraft.
As per NASA, the JunoCam instrument acquired a never-before-seen view on Jupiter's south pole on August 27, 2016, when the spacecraft was about 58,700 miles (94,500 kilometers) above the polar region.
The new view was obtained on July 10, 2016, when the Juno was 2.7 million miles (4.3 million kilometers) from Jupiter.
As per NASA, the scene was captured by the mission's imaging camera, called JunoCam, which is designed to acquire high resolution views of features in Jupiter's atmosphere from very close to the planet.
Juno will get closer to Jupiter than any previous orbiting spacecraft, giving JunoCam the best close-up views yet of the planet's colorful cloud bands.
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