The photo was taken on July 10, 2017 and processed by Jason Mayor based on data from the Juno apparatus. The ship made a close flight to Jupiter for the 7th time at a distance of 13,917 km
In the photo, the Big Red Spot appears as a blob of dark, living clouds, breaking through a massive crimson oval. Juno managed to capture the most remarkable feature of Jupiter during the flight on July 10th.
For hundreds of years, researchers watched the amazing spot of the planet and tried to understand what was in front of them. Now we have photos taken at close range, allowing you to look at the details. It will take time to process the information collected not only on the camera of the device, but also on 8 scientific instruments.
Image processed by Kevin Guille using Juno's camera information.
The Great Red Spot extends to 16350 km wide and 1.3 times larger than our planet! The storm has been monitored since 1830 and is believed to have existed for more than 350 years. Now it seems that the formation is decreasing. During the flight, all the tools worked and actively collected data. At the time of the Perihov point (the orbit is approaching the center of Jupiter), the ship approached 9000 km.
Photo taken by Gerald Eichstadld
Juno detached from the Earth on August 5, 2011 from Cape Canaveral (Florida). Now it revolves around the planet at a distance of 3,400 km and studies the dark cloud cover of the planet in order to understand its structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere.
