May 5, 2017

Thank You JPL and A Citizen Scientist"



Created by Gabriel Fiset using data from the JunoCam instrument on NASA’s Juno spacecraft, it shows dozens of gigantic oval storms dotting the cloudscape. The image was taken on Dec. 11, 2016 at 9:44 a.m. PST (12:44 p.m. EST), from an altitude of about 32,400 miles (52,200 kilometers) above the planet’s beautiful cloud tops.
It shows dozens of gigantic oval storms dotting the cloudscape. 
'Approaching the pole, the organized turbulence of Jupiter’s belts and zones transitions into clusters of unorganized filamentary structures, streams of air that resemble giant tangled strings,' NASA said.

I have no idea what I'm looking at, but WOW!

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