The Views of Jupiter You Won't Find in a Textbook
NASA spacecraft Juno is providing a fresh look at the gas giant since settling into its orbit last summer.
by Marina Koren
Feb 14, 2017
2 minutes
Imagine Jupiter as it’s usually depicted: a bulbous marble, with alternating bands of reds, oranges, yellows, and creams, a few wisps of blue and green, and that unmistakable round spot just south of the equator, the mark of a storm that has churned for decades.
This sideways view of Jupiter is the one humans have been used to seeing for decades, since the first close-up photos of the
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