Eight Jupitres storms were captured by the newly arrived Jupiter probe Juno. Unique images allow you to see the turbulent world of the gas giant in all its glory: turbulent gas and an ever-changing array of visible storms create vortices from the planet's clouds.
These swirling storms appear as eight white pearls. All of them are located in the southern hemisphere of the planet and rotate counterclockwise.
“Since 1986, the number of these white ovals has ranged from six to nine,” said the NASA space agency.
This photo was taken on December 11 using the JunoCam camera mounted on the spacecraft. The distance to the surface of the gas giant at the time of the survey was about 64,000 km. This is Juno's third close flyby in Jupiter's orbit since July 2016, when the probe just arrived at its destination.
NASA scientists working with JunoCam have released the images online so that amateur astronomers and photo editors can process the images taken by the spacecraft.
At the moment, the mission controllers who developed JunoCam are encouraging the public to participate in the mission – they are asking people around the world to use their telescopes and upload images of Jupiter so that mission scientists can choose the best position for the probe approach and subsequent photography.
