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NASA's Juno Mission Spies Vortices Near Jupiter's North Pole
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As NASA's Juno mission completed its 43rd close flyby of Jupiter on July 5, 2022, its JunoCam instrument captured this striking view of vortices – hurricane-like spiral wind patterns – near the planet's north pole. These powerful storms can be over 30 miles (50 kilometers) in height and hundreds of miles across. Figuring out how they form is key to understanding Jupiter's atmosphere, as well as the fluid dynamics and cloud chemistry that create the planet's other atmospheric features.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineNASA's Juno Mission Spies Vortices Near Jupiter's North Pole. NASA/JPL, 2022-07-26. Public domain. ID: PIA25017.
