Jupiter's Great Red Spot swirls in stunning up-close photo by Juno Probe
Citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran processed this image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot using data gathered by NASA's Juno spacecraft on April 1, 2018. Credit: Gerald Eichstädt /Seán Doran/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
A new photo by NASA's Juno spacecraft captures Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot in all its angry, swirling glory.
The new image is a composite of three photos Juno took with its JunoCam instrument on April 1, during the probe's latest close flyby of the solar system's largest planet. Juno's altitude above the cloud tops ranged from 15,379 to 30,633 miles (24,749 to 49,299 kilometers) when the spacecraft snapped the images, NASA officials said in a statement.
Citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran processed these raw photos into the color-enhanced final product, which NASA released Saturday (April 21).
The Juno mission team encourages anyone to do such processing work with the spacecraft's photos. You can try your hand at missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam.
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