NASA has released beautiful new images from humanity’s closest encounter with Jupiter’s majestic Great Red Spot. On July 11, the Juno spacecraft passed about 5,600 miles above the swirling maelstrom – so close that we were given an unprecedented view of the 10,000 mile-wide storm.
The images, quickly processed by an army of talented citizen scientists, reveal the spiral of red clouds within the spot and the deep red, central “core” where the winds are the calmest. We see incredible details, including networks of fluffy clouds, swirls and eddies casting shadows – even fine waves
