JunoCam, the visible light imager aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft, captured this view of Jupiter’s northern high latitudes during the spacecraft’s 69th flyby of the giant planet on Jan. 28, 2025. Jupiter’s belts and zones stand out in this enhanced color rendition, along with the turbulence along their edges caused by winds going in different directions.
The original JunoCam data used to produce this view was taken from an altitude of about 36,000 miles (58,000 kilometers) above Jupiter’s cloud tops. JunoCam’s raw images are available for the public to peruse and process into image products. Citizen scientist Jackie Branc processed the image.
Since Juno arrived at Jupiter in 2016, it has been probing beneath the dense, forbidding clouds encircling the giant planet – the first orbiter to peer so closely. It seeks answers to questions about the origin and evolution of Jupiter, our solar system, and giant planets across the cosmos.
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Image credit: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Image processing: Jackie Branc (CC BY)
朱诺号探测器上的可见光成像仪JunoCam在2025年1月28日执行第69次近距离飞掠木星任务时，拍摄下这张木星北部高纬度地区的壮观图像。在这张经过色彩增强处理的图像中，木星标志性的条带和区域清晰可见，同时也展现了由于不同方向的强风交汇而在边缘产生的湍流现象。
这张图像所用的JunoCam原始数据是在距离木星云顶约36,000英里（58,000公里）的高度拍摄的。JunoCam的原始图像对公众开放，任何人都可以浏览和处理这些数据，制作出自己的图像作品。本次图像由公民科学家Jackie Branc进行了处理。
自2016年朱诺号抵达木星以来，它一直致力于穿透这颗巨型行星浓厚且神秘的云层，成为首个如此近距离观测木星的轨道探测器。朱诺号的任务是探索木星的起源和演化过程，从而帮助科学家更好地理解太阳系乃至宇宙中其他巨型行星的形成。
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图片来源: 图像数据: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; 图像处理: Jackie Branc (CC BY)
