A 3D visualization of Jupiter's cloud layers, based on Galileo spacecraft data. The image shows a simplified view from between the cloud decks, with exaggerated height variations. Color-coded lower cloud layers indicate height (bluish=high/thin, reddish=low, white=high/thick). Streaks in the lower layer converge towards a dark blue area representing a relatively clear region, similar to the Galileo probe's entry site in 1995. The upper layer is depicted as a gray haze.

Astronomy Picture from 30/10/1997

3-D View Of Jupiter's Clouds

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap971030.html


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Discovery about Jupiter's clouds leaves astronomers 'astonished' New research from a team of citizen scientists challenges the old idea that Jupiter's visible clouds are formed of ammonia ice.

Discovery about Jupiter’s clouds leaves astronomers “astonished”: New research from a team of citizen scientists challenges the old idea that Jupiter's visible clouds are formed of ammonia ice.

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