Science and Exploration

Juno’s Fifth Jupiter Flyby

By Keith Cowing

Press Release

September 5, 2021

Filed under Jupiter, NASA

Juno’s Fifth Jupiter Flyby — Jupiter

NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Roman Tkachenko

This 2017 enhanced-color image from the fifth Juno flyby of Jupiter shows a mysterious dark spot which seems to reveal a Jovian “galaxy” of swirling storms.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Roman Tkachenko Larger image

Keith Cowing

SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

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