NASA PICTURE OF THE DAY JUPITER SERIES

The camera is fixed to Juno, so it gets one chance for observation when Juno orbits Jupiter. It has a field of view of 58° and includes four filters, three of which are used for visible light photography. Malin Space Science Systems built the camera. JunoCam (JCM) is a visible-light camera/telescope. Recent evidence shows that the jet streams and belts penetrate up to 1,800 mi (3,000 km) down into the planet. With the aid of imagery and the numerous scientific instruments onboard Juno, scientists discovered that the planet's atmospheric jet streams extend further than previously thought. Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot is visible on the horizon as well. This excellent shot shows Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere and includes several of Jupiter's southern jet streams. 'Citizen scientist Tanya Oleksuik created this color-enhanced image using data from the JunoCam camera…At the time, the spacecraft was about 31,000 mi (about 50,000 km) from the planet's cloud tops, at a latitude of about 50° South.' Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS. The latest image, seen below, was captured on December 30, 2020, during Juno's 31st close flyby of Jupiter. The spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011. NASA's Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter since July 5, 2016.

This month, NASA published a beautiful image of the gas giant Jupiter that its Juno spacecraft captured in late 2020. With all the recent excitement surrounding NASA's Perseverance rover landing on Mars and new images, we've got space on the brain. More information about Juno is online at and. Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages JPL for NASA. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the spacecraft. Juno is part of NASA’s New Frontiers Program, which is managed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. JPL manages the Juno mission for the principal investigator, Scott Bolton, of Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. JunoCam’s raw images are available at for the public to peruse and process into image products. At the time the image was taken, the spacecraft was about 285,100 miles (458,800 kilometers) from the planet. EST), as the Juno spacecraft performed its third close flyby of Jupiter. | Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Roman Tkachenko Last Updated: Jan. NASA Image of the Day | Crescent Jupiter with the Great Red Spot This image of a crescent Jupiter and the iconic Great Red Spot was created using data from NASA spacecraft Juno’s JunoCam instrument.

NASA PICTURE OF THE DAY JUPITER SERIES

You can also see a series of storms shaped like white ovals, known informally as the ‘string of pearls.’ Below the Great Red Spot a reddish long-lived storm known as Oval BA is visible. OUTER SPACE | This image of a crescent Jupiter and the iconic Great Red Spot was created by a citizen scientist (Roman Tkachenko) using data from Juno’s JunoCam instrument.

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