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Dark Spot and Jovian Galaxy
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Dark Spot and Jovian Galaxy

NASA / JPL · 2017-03-24 · photograph (digital archive)

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This enhanced-color image of a mysterious dark spot on Jupiter seems to reveal a Jovian "galaxy" of swirling storms. Juno acquired this JunoCam image on Feb. 2, 2017, at 5:13 a.m. PDT (8:13 a.m. EDT), at an altitude of 9,000 miles (14,500 kilometers) above the giant planet's cloud tops. This publicly selected target was simply titled "Dark Spot." In ground-based images it was difficult to tell that it is a dark storm.

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Credit lineDark Spot and Jovian Galaxy. NASA/JPL, 2017-03-24. Public domain. ID: PIA21386.
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