2026-02-04 Jupiter
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I remember being stunned by the pictures sent back from the Juno
Jupiter fly-by. This picture was created by Gerald Eichstädt and Seán
Doran. I've been using this as the header background on social media
for many years. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstadt/Seán Doran
© CC NC SA.

Jupiter's southern hemisphere, color-enhanced, showing white ovals in
the "String of Pearls", one of eight massive rotating storms.

The image was taken on Oct. 24, 2017, as Juno performed its ninth
close flyby of Jupiter. At the time, the spacecraft was 33,115
kilometres from the tops of the clouds of the planet. See Jupiter's
Stunning Southern Hemisphere (2017) for more.

Another favourite of mine that I have used as the background for my
work desktop for many years is this one, created by Kevin M. Gill, CC
BY 2.0.

Jupiter's colourful cloud bands encircling it, dividing it into light
zones and dark belts.

Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) writes that Jupiter's atmosphere
is mostly clear and colourless hydrogen and helium. The colours are
probably traces of sulphur and carbon. See A Jupiter Vista from Juno
(2020) for more.

The organisations involved:

* NASA

* JPL-Caltech

* SwRI

* MSSS

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