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Related: About this forumSpectacular 'Dragon's Eye' on Jupiter Spotted by NASA's Juno
By Meghan Bartels, Space.com Senior Writer | November 9, 2018 06:00pm ET
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The Juno probe studying Jupiter snapped this image of the gas giant's clouds on Oct. 29, 2018.
Credit: Gerald Eichstädt/Seán Doran/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
NASA is back to one of its favorite hobbies otherworldly cloud gazing thanks to the Juno spacecraft currently in orbit around Jupiter.
The Juno probe, which began orbiting our largest neighbor in July 2016, is laden with a host of scientific instruments designed to crack some of the gas giant's biggest secrets. But it also carries a camera, one that is directed based on public input.
The community's votes have resulted in incredible photos like this one, taken on Oct. 29, at 4:58 p.m. EDT (2158 GMT). At the time, the spacecraft was conducting its 16th skim over Jupiter's surface, coming within just 4,400 miles (7,000 kilometers) of the top of Jupiter's cloud system. (The images are also processed by the community, not by NASA.)
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A photo of Jupiter's atmosphere taken by the Juno probe on Sept. 6, 2018, shows an anticyclone storm.
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On Twitter, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory dubbed the atmospheric display a dragon's eye. The photo shows a region scientists have dubbed Jupiter's North North Temperate Belt. The large white oval is a type of atmospheric knot called an anticyclonic storm, which means that in the outer edge of the storm, winds are blowing in a direction that's opposite to the surrounding air mass. Smaller cloud structures are also on view.
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https://www.space.com/42398-juno-sees-dragon-eye-in-jupiter-clouds.html
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Spectacular 'Dragon's Eye' on Jupiter Spotted by NASA's Juno (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Nov 2018
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Luciferous
(6,085 posts)1. Gorgeous photos!
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)2. Absolutely amazing