NASA showed a picture of a giant vortex on Jupiter

This image shows atmospheric vortex located in the southern hemisphere of the gas giant.

Station Juno (Jupiter Polar Orbiter) took a picture of one of the giant storms of Jupiter in record high resolution. Photo available on the NASA website.

The image received on 11 December 2016, when the station was at a distance of 8.7 million kilometers from Jupiter. This image shows atmospheric vortex located in the southern hemisphere of the gas giant to the West of the Great red spot.

NASA notes that the submitted photo has the highest resolution compared to the previous pictures taken from the Ground or other spacecraft. Specific Agency names.

The objectives of the Juno mission is the study of clouds and polar auroras of Jupiter. With the help of the station, scientists hope to learn more about the origin of the planets, structure and physical properties of its atmosphere and magnetosphere. Mission Juno should be completed in February 2018, the flooding of the station in the gas giant’s atmosphere.

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