PIA03000: Atmospheric Motion in Jupiter's Northern Hemisphere

Target Name: Jupiter Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun) Mission: Galileo Spacecraft: Galileo Orbiter Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Product Size: 4306 samples x 3306 lines Produced By: University of Arizona Addition Date: 2000-09-25 Primary Data Set: Galileo EDRs Full-Res TIFF: PIA03000.tif (22.55 MB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA03000.jpg (540 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image: True-color (left) and false-color (right) mosaics of Jupiter's northern hemisphere between 10 and 50 degrees latitude. Jupiter's atmospheric motions are controlled by alternating eastward and westward bands of air between Jupiter's equator and polar regions. The direction and speed of these bands influences the color and texture of the clouds seen in this mosaic. The high and thin clouds are represented by light blue, deep clouds are reddish, and high and thick clouds are white. A high haze overlying a clear, deep atmosphere is represented by dark purple. This image was taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on April 3, 1997 at a distance of 1.4 million kilometers (.86 million miles). Image Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona