Images From Juno, the Satellite Currently Orbiting Jupiter

[Idaeo]

During Perijove-05 approach, JunoCam took one RGB image each half an hour. Since Jupiter rotates once each about 10 hours, a sequence of 20 JunoCam approach images covers one Jupiter rotation. Currently, there is winter on Jupiter's northern hemisphere. This leaves the north pole in the dark. The merged deLambertianed polar projections of such a 20 images sequence therefore leave a dark spot around the north pole. DeLambertianing is a crude method to adjust for brightness variations induced by the solar incidence angle varying over the illuminated surface of Jupiter. Jupiter's twilight zone is brighter than this simple model predicts. This results in an overenhancement of the twilight zone. The merged polar map covers 20 such overenhanced twilight zones, summing up to a nice spiral pattern, as Juno's perspective grows more and more north polar during approach.

enhanced images

At Jupiter’s poles, Juno has observed oval-shaped features, powerful cyclones which measure up to nearly 900 miles wide, according to one of the studies in Science. The finding isn’t surprising, given how good Jupiter is at producing storms. The planet is home to winds blowing at several hundred miles per hour, and storms the size of Earth. But scientists hadn’t observed storms like this at Jupiter’s poles until Juno showed up. They were surprised by the number of cyclonic storms they observed, as well as the differences in the weather patterns on the south and north poles.

“That’s a puzzle to us,” Scott Bolton, Juno’s principal investigator, told reporters Thursday.

Juno’s observations also reveal that Jupiter’s magnetic field is about twice as strong as models previously predicted, according to the same Science study, making it about 10 times the size of Earth’s.

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[N.J.stan]

Very cool

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

Incredible photos

 

[Scoop]

Looks like a Van Gogh painting

 

[newworldafro]

 

[Snoopy Loops]

Jupiter face

• Snoopy Loops
• May 26, 2017

My breh on his Jupiter Ascending shyt....

 

[MikeyC]

 

[2stainz]

what a disgusting planet giant gas ball with 90 mph cyclone winds..whole place probably smells like hot farts. #Neptune set >>>

 

[Pirius Black]

Clearly doctored images by NASA shills who want to deceive you about the true nature of the universe. Everyone knows that no one has ever taken a picture from space before and that the firmament dome prevents anyone from leaving Earth's orbit. WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!

 

[Mowgli]

A planet of throwup

 

[Strapped]

Looks round

 

[tru_m.a.c]

#fakenews

Jupiter is flat

 

[MMS]

what a disgusting planet giant gas ball with 90 mph cyclone winds..whole place probably smells like hot farts. #Neptune set >>>

 

[Starman]

what a disgusting planet giant gas ball with 90 mph cyclone winds..whole place probably smells like hot farts. #Neptune set >>>

#Earthgangbangbang

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

This capture is pretty surreal, you can create and find some interesting shapes like faces and creatures.