Two large swirling storms are interacting with each other – one is a long oval in the upper half of the image, stretching from upper left toward lower right, and below that is a more circular storm filling the lower left of the frame. The perimeter of the oval storm is a light gray ribbon of clouds showing the storm is swirling counterclockwise. Its interior is made of many small swirls of dark gray and brownish-gray. The perimeter of the circular storm below is dark gray-blue, swirling clockwise, while its interior is light gray and appears much more uniform and calm than the rest of the scene, except for tiny white clouds poking up from its surface, casting shadows. The rest of the scene is a commotion of light gray, light brown, and gray-blue eddys, showing the interaction between the two storms, looking like a stick had been swirled through a muddy pool.

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This image shows two of Jupiter's large rotating storms, captured by Juno's visible-light imager, JunoCam, passing over the planet on Juno's 38th orbit, on Nov. 29, 2021. This image was acquired at 50 degrees 5 minutes north latitude, at an altitude of 3,815 miles (6,140 kilometers). Atmospheric details as small as 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) can be discerned in the image. Bright "pop-up" clouds are visible above the lower storm, casting shadows on the cloud bank below. Although the pop-up clouds appear small in comparison to the large storm below, such clouds are typically 31 miles (50 kilometers) across. Citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill processed the image to enhance the color and contrast, using raw JunoCam data.

Credits: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing: Kevin M. Gill CC BY
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TakenNovember 29, 2021
Image CreditImage data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing: Kevin M. Gill CC BY
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