25 Jupiter Pictures From The Juno Mission That Ll Leave You In Awe

These stunning Jupiter pictures, captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft, show the hidden beauty that lurks within the planet’s chaotic storms.

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1 of 26NASA/JPL/University of Arizona 2 of 26Jupiter’s south pole as seen by NASA’s Juno spacecraft.NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Betsy Asher Hall/Gervasio Robles 3 of 26An artist’s rendering of Juno.NASA/JPL-Caltech 4 of 26NASA / SwRI / MSSS / ValmirMMorais © PUBLIC DOMAIN 5 of 26The swirling clouds of Jupiter.NASA/Processed by Palermo-24 6 of 26MSPAINT/IPICCY/FOTOFLEXER/GIMP © CC NC SA 7 of 26Jupiter’s north poleNASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Roman Tkachenko © CC BY 8 of 26NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Matúš Motlo © PUBLIC DOMAIN 9 of 26Gervasio Robles © PUBLIC DOMAIN 10 of 26Public Domain 11 of 26NASA 12 of 26Public Domain 13 of 26Christina Chester © PUBLIC DOMAIN 14 of 26NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Björn Jónsson © CC BY 15 of 26Public Domain 16 of 26NASA JPL 17 of 26NASA JPL 18 of 26NASA JPL 19 of 26NASA JPL 20 of 26NASA JPL 21 of 26NASA JPL 22 of 26NASA JPL 23 of 26NASA JPL 24 of 26NASA JPL 25 of 26A dolphin formation in the Jupiter clouds.NASA JPL/Juno/Swift/Doran 26 of 26Like this gallery?Share it:

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Ever since NASA’s Juno spacecraft began orbiting our solar system’s largest planet in 2016, it has turned out countless breathtaking Jupiter pictures, giving researchers and space enthusiasts an unprecedented look at the mysterious planet.

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1 of 26NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

2 of 26Jupiter’s south pole as seen by NASA’s Juno spacecraft.NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Betsy Asher Hall/Gervasio Robles

3 of 26An artist’s rendering of Juno.NASA/JPL-Caltech

4 of 26NASA / SwRI / MSSS / ValmirMMorais © PUBLIC DOMAIN

5 of 26The swirling clouds of Jupiter.NASA/Processed by Palermo-24

6 of 26MSPAINT/IPICCY/FOTOFLEXER/GIMP © CC NC SA

7 of 26Jupiter’s north poleNASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Roman Tkachenko © CC BY

8 of 26NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Matúš Motlo © PUBLIC DOMAIN

9 of 26Gervasio Robles © PUBLIC DOMAIN

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13 of 26Christina Chester © PUBLIC DOMAIN

14 of 26NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Björn Jónsson © CC BY

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25 of 26A dolphin formation in the Jupiter clouds.NASA JPL/Juno/Swift/Doran

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25 Jupiter Pictures That Capture The Chaotic Beauty Of Our Solar System’s Largest Planet View Gallery

25 Jupiter Pictures That Capture The Chaotic Beauty Of Our Solar System’s Largest Planet

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Because Jupiter is a stormy planet with chaotic clouds constantly swirling above its surface, it makes for quite the visual spectacle. The spacecraft has captured a nearly constant stream of photos of this spectacle, and the most recent one has caused a stir on social media with hundreds of people chiming in about what animals, people, and objects they see lurking in the planet’s swirling clouds.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab tweeted the stunning photo on Nov. 9 (it was captured 4,400 miles above the planet’s surface on Oct. 29), asking their followers what they saw in the clouds and the answers were nothing if not varied.

One user was convinced that they saw a squid.

https://twitter.com/LividLFC/status/1060956485017104384

Another believed that the swirling clouds formed the image of a dragon, and they added their own lines to enhance their argument for those who might not see it right away.

Dragon!!! pic.twitter.com/5y1FjeKOh7 — Astro Yuki 🔭🚀 (@AstroYuki) November 9, 2018

One of the more unique things spotted in the photo by a Twitter user was the Virgin Mary with a diplodocus dinosaur.

Dragon!!! pic.twitter.com/5y1FjeKOh7

— Astro Yuki 🔭🚀 (@AstroYuki) November 9, 2018

https://twitter.com/cantwell14/status/1060946164210634752

Despite what others may see in the clouds, it should be noted that this photo, like the rest of the Jupiter pictures captured by NASA, was enhanced. The raw photos captured by Juno are enhanced in-house at NASA before they are shown to the public. During the enhancement process, the team corrects distortions, adds color, and balances the brightness.

Editing the photos allows the storms and wind currents on the planet to be highlighted in a way that is easier to see, while subtle color changes make the photo more visually stunning. The enhanced Jupiter pictures also allow the minds of space enthusiasts to run wild and speculate over what they see inside.

For the latest batch of photos taken from Juno, NASA enlisted artists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran to touch up the pictures and there was more than one that caused a stir on social media. Doran posted a few of the shots to his Twitter account and one eagle-eyed user was quick to point out the unmistakable form of a dolphin in the clouds.

NASA/SwRI/MSSS/Brian Swift/Seán Doran/Skitch by Jennifer Nguyen

No matter what enhancements he’s made, Doran is careful to not cross the line between enhancing the photos and completely altering them.

“It’s like peeling back a curtain,” Doran told The Atlantic in 2017 regarding the enhancing of Jupiter pictures. “You just want to reveal what’s there. That’s what motivates me—and I try not to upset the scientists too much.”

Whatever touch-ups occur, these Jupiter pictures have a way of sparking the imaginations of all who see them. Just as we do with our own planet’s clouds, people can’t help but spot creatures, historical figures, or animals in the stormy clouds covering this most awe-inspiring of planets.

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These stunning Jupiter pictures, captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft, show the hidden beauty that lurks within the planet’s chaotic storms.#

These stunning Jupiter pictures, captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft, show the hidden beauty that lurks within the planet’s chaotic storms.