NASA’s Juno Mission Marks 50 Orbits Around Jupiter

Following are brief descriptions and credits for all 50 images, along with links to the full captions and full-size images.

Row 1

Left to right:

1) As the Juno spacecraft sped low over the giant planet’s cloud tops on Nov. 29, 2021, its JunoCam instrument captured this look at two of Jupiter’s largest moons. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing by Gerald Eichstädt/Thomas Thomopoulos © CC BY

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/nasa-s-juno-mission-spots-two-jovian-moons


2) The volcano-laced surface of Jupiter’s moon Io was captured in infrared by the Juno spacecraft’s Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) imager as it flew by at a distance of about 50,000 miles (80,000 kilometers) on July 5, 2022. Brighter spots indicate higher temperatures in this image. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/nasa-s-juno-exploring-jovian-moons-during-extended-mission


3) This color-enhanced image of a massive, raging storm in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its ninth close flyby of the gas giant planet on Oct. 24, 2017. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/ Seán Doran

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/jovian-tempest


4) Juno saw this striking vista on July 20, 2019. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
Image processing by Kevin M. Gill, © CC by 3.0

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/storm_on_the_horizon


5) Citizen scientist David Englund created this avant-garde Jovian artwork using data from the JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno spacecraft.

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/scientists-prepare-for-seventh-jupiter-pass


6) This view of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot and turbulent southern hemisphere was captured by Juno as it performed a close pass of the gas giant planet on Feb. 12, 2019. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/jupiter_marble  


7) This image captures a high-altitude cloud formation surrounded by swirling patterns in the atmosphere of Jupiter's North Temperate Belt region. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Jason Major

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/high-altitude-jovian-clouds


8) This infrared image gives an unprecedented view of the southern aurora of Jupiter, as captured by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) camera aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft on August 27, 2016. The aurora have been superimposed over a JunoCam visible light view of their approximate location near Jupiter’s south pole.

https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA21033

 
9) Striking atmospheric features in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere are captured in this series of color-enhanced images from NASA’s Juno spacecraft on July 15, 2018. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstäd/Seán Doran

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/timelapse-sequence-of-jupiters-north

 
10) Brian Swift created this enhanced color and contrast view of vortices using raw JunoCam image data. At the time the raw image was taken, the Juno spacecraft was about 15,600 miles (25,100 kilometers) above Jupiter’s cloud tops, at a latitude of about 84 degrees. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing by Brian Swift © CC BY
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/nasa-s-juno-mission-spies-vortices-near-jupiter-s-north-pole

 
Row 2

Left to right:

1) In the final minutes of a close flyby of Jupiter on Sept. 6, 2018, NASA's Juno spacecraft captured a departing view of the planet's swirling southern hemisphere. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/jupiter-in-the-rearview-mirror


2) A multitude of magnificent, swirling clouds in Jupiter's dynamic North North Temperate Belt is captured in this image from NASA's Juno spacecraft on Oct. 29, 2018. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/Seán Doran

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/jovian_close_encounter


3) See Jupiter's Great Red Spot as you've never seen it before in this new Jovian work of art. Artist Mik Petter created this unique, digital artwork using data from the JunoCam imager on NASA's Juno spacecraft. Enhanced image by Mik Petter (CC-NC-SA).

https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA21777


4) NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of an area within a Jovian jet stream showing a vortex that has an intensely dark center on May 29, 2019. Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/Seán Doran

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/jupiter_abyss


5) This enhanced-color image of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot was created by citizen scientist Kevin Gill using data from the JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno spacecraft on July 10, 2017.

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/juno-spots-great-red-spot


6) Colorful swirling cloud belts dominate Jupiter’s southern hemisphere in this image captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft on Dec. 16, 2017. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/jupiters-colorful-cloud-belts


7) NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of striking cloud bands and swirls in the giant planet’s mid-southern latitudes on  Sept. 2, 2021. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing by Brian Swift © CC BY

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/mocha-swirls-in-jupiters-turbulent-atmosphere


8) Earth as seen by NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its flyby of the planet on Oct. 9, 2013. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS


9) This image, taken by the JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno spacecraft on March 27, 2017, highlights a swirling storm just south of one of the white oval storms on Jupiter. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Jason Major

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/jupiters-swirling-pearl-storm


10) This series of enhanced-color images shows Jupiter up close and personal, as NASA’s Juno spacecraft performed its eighth flyby of the gas giant planet on Sept. 1, 2017. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/ Gerald Eichstädt/Sean Doran

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/junos-eighth-close-approach-to-jupiter


Row 3

Left to right:

1) A long, brown oval known as a "brown barge" in Jupiter's South Equatorial Belt is captured in this color-enhanced image from NASA's Juno spacecraft on Sept. 6, 2018. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/juno-captures-elusive-brown-barge


2) Dramatic atmospheric features in Jupiter's northern hemisphere are captured in this view from NASA's Juno spacecraft on Feb. 12, 2019. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill 

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/dramatic_jupiter

 
3) A new, smaller cyclone can be seen at the lower right of these infrared images of Jupiter's south pole taken on Nov. 4, 2019, during the 23rd science pass of the planet by Juno. 
Image Credit:NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/juno_navigators_enable_jupiter_cyclone_discovery

 
4) NASA’s Juno mission captured this look at Jupiter’s tumultuous northern regions during the spacecraft’s close approach to the planet on Feb. 17, 2020. Image data: NASA / JPL / SwRI / MSSS Image processing by Gerald Eichstädt

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/high_altitude_hazes_on_jupiter

 
5) Jupiter’s moon Io. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill 

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing?id=14804


6) Jupiter’s already vibrant colors become especially striking in this artistic interpretation of an image from NASA’s Juno mission that shows the planet’s famous Great Red Spot. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS 
Image processing by Mary J. Murphy 

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/jupiters-great-red-spot


7) This enhanced-color image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft taken on April 10, 2020 captures the striking cloud bands of Jupiter’s southern latitudes. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
Image processing by David Marriott
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/jupiters-racing-stripes


8) This image shows Jupiter’s south pole, as seen by NASA’s Juno spacecraft from an altitude of 32,000 miles (52,000 kilometers). Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Betsy Asher Hall/Gervasio Robles

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/first-results-from-juno-mission


9) This image of a crescent Jupiter and the iconic Great Red Spot was created by a citizen scientist (Roman Tkachenko) using data from Juno's JunoCam instrument taken on Dec. 11, 2016. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Roman Tkachenko
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/crescent-jupiter-with-the-great-red-spot


10) This color-enhanced image of Jupiter and two of its largest moons – Io and Europa – was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it performed its eighth flyby of the gas giant planet on Sept. 1, 2017. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Roman Tkachenko

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/juno-observes-Io-and-europa


Row 4

Left to right:

1) NASA’s Juno mission captured these elaborate atmospheric jets in Jupiter's northern mid-latitude region. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing by Kevin M. Gill © CC BY 
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/churning_texture_in_jupiters_atmosphere

 
2) This image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft captures several storms in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere, including the Great Red Spot. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
Image processing by Kevin M. Gill © CC BY

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/clydes-spot-on-jupiter


3) NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Jupiter during the mission’s 40^th close pass by the giant planet on Feb. 25, 2022. The large, dark shadow on the left side of the image was cast by Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
Image processing by Thomas Thomopoulos © CC BY­­

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/juno-captures-moon-shadow-on-jupiter


4) Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill © CC BY
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing?id=10669


5) This image from NASA’s Juno mission on February 21, 2021 captures the northern hemisphere of Jupiter around the region known as Jet N7. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing by Kevin M. Gill © CC BY

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/jupiters-visible-and-invisible-winds


6) As NASA's Juno spacecraft flew through the narrow gap between Jupiter's radiation belts and the planet during its first science flyby, Perijove 1, on August 27, 2016, the Stellar Reference Unit (SRU-1) star camera collected the first image of Jupiter's ring taken from the inside looking out. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI

https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA21644

 
7) This infrared view of Jupiter’s icy moon Ganymede was obtained by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its July 20th, 2021, flyby. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/ganymede-in-infrared

 
8) In this composite infrared image, derived from data collected by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter during a Feb. 2, 2017, pass over the planet, shows the central cyclone at the planet’s north pole and the eight cyclones that encircle it. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/jupiters-jetstreams-are-unearthly

 
9) This image shows two of Jupiter's large rotating storms, captured by Juno's visible-light imager, JunoCam, on Juno's 38th perijove pass, on Nov. 29, 2021. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing: Kevin M. Gill CC BY https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA25031

 
10) NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this detailed look at Jupiter’s most recognizable feature, the Great Red Spot, on July 10, 2017. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing by Andrea Luck © CC BY­­

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/jupiter-s-great-red-spot-both-deep-and-wide


Row 5

Left to right:

1) NASA’s Juno mission captured this view of Jupiter’s southern hemisphere during the spacecraft’s 39th close flyby of the planet on Jan. 12, 2022. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS and Image processing by AndreaLuck © CC BY­­
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/nasa-juno-spacecraft-glimpses-jupiter-s-moons-io-and-europe


2) Cyclones at the north pole of Jupiter appear as swirls of striking colors in this extreme false color rendering of an image from NASA’s Juno mission. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing by Gerald Eichstädt

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/color-at-jupiters-north-pole


3) This look at the complex surface of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede came from NASA’s Juno mission during a close pass by the giant moon in June 2021. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS. Image processing by Thomas Thomopoulos © CC BY

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/a-striking-crater-on-jupiter-s-moon-ganymede


4) This image captures swirling cloud belts and tumultuous vortices within Jupiter’s northern hemisphere. NASA’s Juno spacecraft took this color-enhanced image on May 23, 2018. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt /Seán Doran

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/chaotic-clouds-of-jupiter


5) This view of Jovian moon Europa was created by processing an image JunoCam captured during Juno’s close flyby on Sept. 29. Credit: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS. Image processing by Björn Jónsson CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/citizen-scientists-enhance-new-europa-images


6) JunoCam returned this image of the southern hemisphere of Jupiter on Juno's 32nd close pass by the giant planet. Rita Najm processed the image and enhanced the color to bring out detail in Jupiter's dynamic atmosphere. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Rita Najm © CC BY 

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/junocam-the-little-outreach-camera-addressing-big-science


7) Polar cyclones on Jupiter, based on infrared observations by Juno’s JIRAM instrument. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI /SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM/Gervasio Robles https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing?id=8588 


8) Jupiter’s volcanically active moon Io casts its shadow on the planet in this dramatic image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
Image processing by Kevin M. Gill, © CC BY 3.0

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/moon-shadow


9) See tumultuous tempests in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere in this portrait taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft on July 15, 2018. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Brian Swift/Seán Doran

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/artistic-portrait-of-jupiter 


10) This highly stylized view of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa was created by reprocessing an image captured by JunoCam during the mission’s close flyby on Sept. 29. Credit: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS. Image processing: Kevin M. Gill / Fernando Garcia Navarro CC BY 2.0

https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/citizen-scientists-enhance-new-europa-images