NASA shares picture of Jupiter's colourful skies captured by Juno

NASA recently shared a picture captured by its Ju craft on Twitter. picture displayed  swirling clouds in Jupiter’s rrn hemisphere, ‘Jet N4’. biggest planet in our solar system, Jupiter spins once every 10 hours. This fast rotation of planet creates strong jet streams, separating its clouds into dark belts and bright zones. As per NASA, more than a dozen prevailing winds sweep over Jupiter, some reaching more than 300 miles per hour (480 kilometers per hour) at equator. 

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Citizen scientist creates colour from a raw im 

Björn Jónsson, a citizen scientist used data from craft's JuCam imr to create an enhanced-color im of Jupiter skies. As Ju performed its 22nd close flyby of Jupiter  original raw im was taken on September 11, 2019, at 8:31 p.m. PDT (11:31 p.m. EDT). At time im was taken, craft was about 7,540 miles (12,140 kilometers) from cloud tops at a latitude of 45 degrees. This is how raw im of rrn hemisphere 'Jet N4' looked like; 

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NASA's Ju Mission

NASA’s Ju mission is about exploring planet Jupiter and to improve  understanding of Jupiter’s origins. According to NASA, Ju uses a spinning, solar-powered craft in a highly elliptical polar orbit that avoids most of Jupiter’s high-riation regions.  main craft Ju was built by Lockheed Martin, but its instruments and components came from all over world. As per NASA’s information, construction of Ju was done extremely carefully. scientists worked in a clean room and wore special suits that prevent dirt, dust, and hair from contaminating craft. y also simulated conditions that Ju may encounter in test chambers.  

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