Jupiter as you've never seen it before from NASA's Juno spacecraft

Storms in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere, including the Great Red Spot at upper left, have been churning in the planet’s atmosphere for millennia. But Juno has caught a new feature, a smaller, oval-shaped spot at the center of the image. It has been informally dubbed "Clyde's Spot" after amateur astronomer Clyde Foster of Centurion, South Africa, who discovered it. (Photo: NASA/ Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/CC BY Clyde Foster (Figure B))

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Time warp -

This incredible series of time-lapse images captures cloud patterns near Jupiter's south pole, looking up towards the planet’s equator. (Photo: NASA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt)

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Deep view -

During a close flyby, Juno recorded this view of a chaotic, stormy area of the planet’s northern hemisphere known as a folded filamentary region. (Photo: NASA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/CC BY Kevin M. Gill)

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South side -

Just after a close flyby of Jupiter, Juno caught this striking view of Jupiter's southern hemisphere as the spacecraft sped around the giant planet. Massive cyclones near Jupiter's south pole are clearly visible. (Photo: NASA/CC BY NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/AliAbbasiPov)

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Cast a giant shadow -

Io, the innermost and third-largest of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter, casts its dramatic shadow on the planet. (Photo: NASA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/ Kevin M. Gill/CC BY 3.0)

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Churning textures -

Elaborate atmospheric jets color and texture the planet's northern mid-latitude region. (Photo: NASA/Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/CC BY Image processing by Kevin M. Gill)

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Tumultuous sight -

Jupiter’s stormy northern hemisphere is captured by Juno. A number of bright white clouds can be seen popping up to high altitudes on the right side of the planet's disk. (Photo: NASA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill, licensed under CC by 3.0)

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Great Red Spot -

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot and turbulent southern hemisphere. (Photo: NASA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill)

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Spiraling storm -

Numerous bright white cloud tops can be seen popping up in and around the arms of this monstrous cyclonic storm. (Photo: NASA/Enhanced Image by Gerald Eichstädt and Sean Doran (CC BY-NC-SA))

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Io and Europa -

Two of Jupiter's largest moons—Io (right) and Europa—are caught by Juno as it performs its eighth flyby of the gas giant planet. (Photo: NASA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Roman Tkachenko)

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Atmospheric conditions -

Dramatic atmospheric features in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere show swirling clouds that surround a circular feature within a jet stream region called "Jet N6."(Photo: NASA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill)

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South Pole -

Jupiter's South Pole from an altitude of 52,000 km (32,000 mi). The oval features are cyclones, up to 1,000 km (600 mi) in diameter. (Photo: NASA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Betsy Asher Hall/Gervasio Robles)

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Inside out -

Juno flew through the narrow gap between Jupiter’s radiation belts and the planet during its first science flyby. In doing so, it collected the first image of Jupiter’s ring taken from the inside looking out. (Photo: NASA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI)

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Incomparable beauty -

The the southern hemisphere of Jupiter.
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Northern latitudes -

Juno at approximately 5,200 km (3,200 mi) above Jupiter's northern latitudes. (Photo: NASA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/CC NC SA Björn Jónsson)

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Juno arrives at Jupiter -

The Juno team celebrates on July 4, 2016, after receiving confirmation from the spacecraft that it had entered Jupiter's orbit. (Photo: NASA/(Aubrey Gemignani))

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Juno approaches Jupiter -

An artist's illustration depicts NASA's Juno spacecraft approaching Jupiter. (Photo: NASA/NASA/JPL-Caltech)

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Closing in on Jupiter -

Juno obtained this color view of Jupiter's moons at a distance of 5.3 million km (3.3 million mi) from the planet. (Photo: NASA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS)

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Headed towards Jupiter -

Juno begins its journey to Jupiter with a spectacular midday launch. (Photo: NASA/NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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Atlas V clears the tower -

NASA's Juno planetary probe, its motors blazing, is off to a roaring start on its five-year journey to Jupiter. (Photo: NASA/Courtesy of Scott Andrews)

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Launch day looms -

As the sun comes up over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, preparations are under way at Space Launch Complex 41 to launch the United Launch Alliance Atlas V-551 launch vehicle carrying NASA's Juno spacecraft. (Photo: NASA/NASA/Kenny Allen)

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Dedicated to Galileo -

A plaque dedicated to the famous astronomer Galileo is seen on the Juno spacecraft. (Photo: NASA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/KSC)

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Reaching the launchpad -

A crane is lowered over the nose of the Atlas payload fairing enclosing the Juno spacecraft. (Photo: NASA/NASA/Cory Huston)

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Juno gets fueled -

Technicians use an overhead crane to lower NASA's Juno spacecraft onto a fueling stand where the spacecraft will be loaded with the propellant necessary for its mission to Jupiter. (Photo: NASA/NASA/KSC)

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Juno passes the test -

Technicians inspect the Juno spacecraft and its science instruments following acoustics testing at Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, Colorado. The test simulates the considerable acoustic and vibration environment the spacecraft will experience during launch.
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Jupiter as you've never seen it before from NASA's Juno spacecraft

Out of this world images of the giant gas planet

30/07/20 | StarsInsider

LIFESTYLE Juno

The latest images of Jupiter captured by NASA space probe Juno are simply stunning! Using data from the JunoCam imager on the spacecraft, scientists and the general public alike are being treated to some truly remarkable photographs of the gas giant, the largest planet in the solar system.

Juno was launched on August 5, 2011. It arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016. The mission's goal is to unveil the secrets hidden deep within Jupiter, a planet shrouded in the solar system's strongest magnetic field and most lethal radiation belts. In attempting to understand the origin and evolution of Jupiter, Juno has sent back an amazing series of color-enhanced imagery that sheds new light on this mysterious and distant world.

The Juno mission is scheduled to terminate in 2021, when the spacecraft will perform a controlled deorbit and disintegrate into Jupiter's atmosphere.

Click through the following gallery for a visually thrilling voyage around Jupiter and its moons, and peer below the dense cover of clouds for a peek at the planet's atmospheric dynamics.

(Photo: NASA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill)