NASA released some of the closest images a spacecraft has taken of Jupiter, showing the gas giant in detail previously unseen.
Scientist Bjorn Jonsson created two images using raw data from pictures taken by NASA’s Juno space probe; one showing what the planet would look like to the naked eye, and one enhancing Jupiter’s colors, according to NASA’s website. The original image was taken 3,300 miles from Jupiter’s atmosphere during the probe’s 43rd flyby of the planet.
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“The first image (left) was processed to portray the approximate colors that the human eye would see from Juno’s vantage point. The second image (right) comes from the same raw data, but in this case Jonsson digitally processed it to increase both the color saturation and contrast to sharpen small-scale features and to reduce compression artifacts and noise that typically appear in raw images,” NASA said.
“This clearly reveals some of the most intriguing aspects of Jupiter’s atmosphere, including color variation that results from differing chemical composition, the three-dimensional nature of Jupiter’s swirling vortices, and the small, bright ‘pop-up’ clouds that form in the higher parts of the atmosphere,” a description on the space agency’s website read.
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The newest images come after the release of one of the most detailed photo captures of the planet yet. Juno, which has been circling the planet for many years, is aimed at capturing more detailed photos of the largest planet in our solar system.
