NASA’s Juno mission recently captured this striking view of vortices — hurricane-like spiral wind patterns — near Jupiter's north pole. These powerful storms can be over 30 miles high and hundreds of miles across.
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NASA’s Juno mission recently captured this striking view of vortices — hurricane-like spiral wind patterns — near Jupiter's north pole. These powerful storms can be over 30 miles high and hundreds of miles across. Figuring out how they form is key to understanding Jupiter's atmosphere, as well as the fluid dynamics and cloud chemistry that create the planet’s other atmospheric features. More on Juno: www.nasa.gov/juno
Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
Image processing by Brian Swift © CC BY