Jupter’s Jet Stream, by Hubble

Jet streams on Jupiter
March 13, 2012
PIA NumberPIA15232
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Following the path of one of Jupiter's jet streams, a line of V-shaped chevrons travels west to east just above Jupiter's Great Red Spot. Most of the planet is unfolded here in a single, flat map made on December 11 and 12, 2000, when NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew past Jupiter. At the left, the chevrons run into another storm called the South Equatorial Disturbance (SED).

Credit: NASA/STScI