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Jovian Jet Stream

NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstad/Sean Doran2018-05-31

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See a jet stream speeding through Jupiter's atmosphere in this new view taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft. The jet stream, called Jet N2, was captured along the dynamic northern temperate belts of the gas giant planet. It is the white stream visible from top left to bottom right in the image.

The color-enhanced image was taken at 10:34 p.m. PST on May 23 (1:34 a.m. EST on May 24), as Juno performed its 13th close flyby of Jupiter. At the time the image was taken, the spacecraft was about 3,516 miles (5,659 kilometers) from the tops of the clouds of the planet at a northern latitude of 32.9 degrees.

Citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran created this image using data from the spacecraft's JunoCam imager. The view is a composite of several separate JunoCam images that were re-projected, blended, and healed.

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22422

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  • Title: Jovian Jet Stream
  • Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstad/Sean Doran
  • Date Created: 2018-05-31
  • Rights: JPL
  • Album: kboggs
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