{"id":445856,"date":"2026-06-05T01:58:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=5fbb5830d3ddfc755d17f953034b2cd6"},"modified":"2026-06-05T01:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:58:03","slug":"colorful-chaotic-jupiter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=445856","title":{"rendered":"Colorful, Chaotic Jupiter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia25729orig.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1014\" height=\"1014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia25729orig.jpg?w=1014\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Three quarters of Jupiter can be seen in this photo; the darkness of space covers the bottom of the image. Green and blue swirls cover the planet&#039;s surface.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia25729orig.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia25729orig.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia25729orig.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia25729orig.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia25729orig.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia25729orig.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia25729orig.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia25729orig.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia25729orig.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pia25729orig.jpg?resize=900,900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/SwRI\/MSSS; Image processing by Gary Eason \u00a9 CC BY<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NASA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/juno\">Juno<\/a> spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of Jupiter&#8217;s northern hemisphere during its 61st close flyby of the giant planet on May 12, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Citizen scientist Gary Eason made this image using raw data from the JunoCam instrument, applying digital processing techniques to enhance color and clarity. It provides a detailed view of chaotic clouds and cyclonic storms in an area known to scientists as a folded filamentary region. In these regions, the zonal jets that create the familiar banded patterns in Jupiter&#8217;s clouds break down, leading to turbulent patterns and cloud structures that rapidly evolve over the course of only a few days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/citizen-science\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more about opportunities to do NASA science with citizen science projects.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/SwRI\/MSSS; Image processing by Gary Eason \u00a9 CC BY<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA\u2019s Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of Jupiter\u2019s northern hemisphere during its 61st close flyby of the giant planet on May 12, 2024. Citizen scientist Gary Eason made this image using raw data from the JunoCam instrument, applying digital processing techniques to enhance color and clarity. It provides a detailed view of chaotic clouds [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-445856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=445856"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":446012,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445856\/revisions\/446012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=445856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=445856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=445856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}