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Juno Sees Turbulence in Jupiter’s Atmosphere

JunoCam captured this view of Jupiter's northern high latitudes from an altitude of about 36,000 miles (58,000 kilometers) above the giant planet's cloud tops on Jan. 28, 2025.
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Credits: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, Image processing: Jackie Branc (CC BY)
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JunoCam, the visible light imager aboard NASA's Juno, captured this view of Jupiter's northern high latitudes during the spacecraft's 69th flyby of the giant planet on Jan. 28, 2025. Jupiter's belts and zones stand out in this enhanced color rendition, along with the turbulence along their edges caused by winds going in different directions.

The original JunoCam image used to produce this view was taken from an altitude of about 36,000 miles (58,000 kilometers) above Jupiter's cloud tops. Citizen scientist Jackie Branc processed the image.

JunoCam's raw images are available for the public to peruse and process into image products at https://missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing. More information about NASA citizen science can be found at https://science.nasa.gov/citizen-science.

More information about Juno is at https://science.nasa.gov/mission/juno/ and https://missionjuno.swri.edu.