NASA’s Juno Probe Shows Impressive Pic Of Cyclonic Storms To The North Of Jupiter

The Juno interplanetary probe, sent by NASA to study Jupiter, has sent new images of storms raging at the planet’s poles.

The Juno mission team is making images captured by the space probe freely available, allowing everyone to unleash their creative potential in photo manipulation. The image, based on a photograph dated May 12, 2024, was created by researcher Gary Eason using digital processing techniques to enhance color and clarity. At the time of filming, Juno was making its 61st orbit around Jupiter at an altitude of about 29,000 km.

Eason captured a detailed image of what NASA describes as “chaotic clouds and cyclonic storms” in an area scientists know as the “folded filamentary region” in the gas giant’s northern hemisphere. In this area, the zonal jets that create the familiar striped patterns of Jupiter’s clouds are destroyed. This leads to turbulence and cloud structures that change over several days.

The purpose of the Juno mission is to study the internal structure of Jupiter and how this structure manifests itself from the outside – at the top of the clouds. This is exactly the connection we are trying to establish. However, we have not yet achieved this goal,” says Professor Hansen.

Jack Connerney, another researcher working on the project, says the second phase of the mission will give scientists even more detailed information about what makes Jupiter tick.