Jupiter's Clouds from New Horizons

The New Horizons spacecraft took some stunning images of Jupiter
earlier this year while on the way out to Pluto. Famous for its
Great Red Spot, Jupiter is also known for its regular, equatorial
cloud bands, visible through even modest sized telescopes. The
above image was taken near Jupiter's terminator, and shows that
the Jovian giant possibly has the widest diversity of cloud
patterns in our Solar System. On the far left are clouds closest
to Jupiter's south pole. Here turbulent whirlpools and swirls are
seen in a dark region, dubbed a belt, that rings the planet. Even
light colored regions, called zones, show tremendous structure,
complete with complex wave patterns. The energy that drives these
waves likely comes from below. New Horizons is the fastest space
probe ever launched, and is zipping through the Solar System on
track to reach Pluto in 2015.

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