What stands out immediately are two thin lines that move up Jupiter from top to bottom.
What are these stripes?
Researchers have noticed these bands since Juno’s first close flyby in 2016.
NASA’s Juno mission captured this look at Jupiter’s tumultuous northern regions during the spacecraft’s close approach to the planet on Feb. 17, 2020. (Photo: NASA / JPL / SwRI / MSSS; Image editing by Gerald Eichstädt)
NASA describes them as layers of haze particles that float above the underlying cloud features.
In this photograph, the lines are flanked by two jet streams in Jupiter’s atmosphere.
Some researchers believe that these jet streams could influence the formation of the haze.
During its 24th close flyby of Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of a chaotic, stormy area of the planet’s northern hemisphere known as a folded filamentary region. (Photo: NASA / JPL / SwRI / MSSS; Image processing by Kevin M. Gill)
This photograph is one of many images processed fromRAW databy the JunoCam.
NASA publishes these photos regularly and allows the public to process them and post them back to NASA.
In fact, another photo taken during perijove 25 is equally as stunning.
Photo: NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Seán Doran
(Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Betsy Asher Hall/Gervasio Robles)
This image shows an enhanced color view of Jupiters south pole.
The new perspective shows swirling clouds that surround a circular feature within a jet stream region called Jet N6.
(Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Kevin M. Gill)
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This image shows Jupiter’s south pole, as seen by NASA’s Juno spacecraft from an altitude of 32,000 miles (52,000 kilometers). (Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Betsy Asher Hall/Gervasio Robles)
This image shows an enhanced color view of Jupiter’s south pole. (Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Gabriel Fiset)
See intricate cloud patterns in the northern hemisphere of Jupiter in this new view taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. (Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Kevin M. Gill)
A multitude of swirling clouds in Jupiter’s dynamic North North Temperate Belt is captured in this image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. (Photo: Enhanced image by Gerald Eichstädt and Sean Doran (CC BY-NC-SA) based on images provided courtesy of NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS)
Dramatic atmospheric features in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere are captured in this view from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The new perspective shows swirling clouds that surround a circular feature within a jet stream region called “Jet N6.” (Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Kevin M. Gill)
