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Jupiter South Pole seen by Juno spacecraft

author: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/Novapix

reference: a-jup08-00100

Image Size 300 DPI: 22 * 28 cm

This image shows Jupiter’s south pole, as seen by NASA’s Juno spacecraft from an altitude of 32,000 miles (52,000 kilometers). The oval features are cyclones, up to 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) in diameter. Multiple images taken with the JunoCam instrument on three separate orbits were combined to show all areas.

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2017 - ASTRONOMY - CLOUD - CYCLONE - JUNO - JUPITER - PLANET - POLE - SOUTH POLE - STORM -