Space travel isn’t for everyone, but thanks to these images from NASA, you can see Jupiter like never before! Pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope show this planet in breathtaking detail, especially its swirling clouds. According to a post from Pubity on Instagram, scientists gathered some important information from these images. In their caption, they explained a few of the things that experts were able to see.
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“Infrared imaging shows dark patches in the Great Red Spot, confirming these as holes in the cloud cover, while other observations reveal lightning around towering clouds, indicating intense convection processes,” they wrote.
In addition to being useful, these innovative NASA images are truly gorgeous! One of the most mesmerizing things about these pictures is the fascinating shapes that Jupiter’s cloud cover creates. Some of these curling vapors looked just like splashes of cream in a cup of coffee! Many commenters compared them to paintings by Vincent Van Gogh.
“Got that Van Gogh’s “starry nights” touch to it,” one person wrote.
Another added, “Van Gogh must have seen this first!”
Earlier this year, NASA shared another image of Jupiter taken from their Juno spacecraft. In their post, they explained a little more about the planet’s tempestuous atmosphere.
“Stormy Jupiter is swept by over a dozen prevailing winds, some reaching up to 335 miles per hour (539 kilometers per hour) at the equator,” they said. “The Great Red Spot, a swirling oval of clouds twice as wide as Earth, has been observed on the giant planet for more than 300 years!”
The caption continued, “Citizen scientist Gary Eason made this image using raw data from the spacecraft’s JunoCam instrument, applying digital processing techniques to enhance color and clarity.”
Isn’t it amazing to see this far-away planet in such stunning detail? What a vast and beautiful universe we live in!
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