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Nasa's Juno spacecraft shares amazing pictures of Jupiter's storms

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Take a look at these amazing images of Jupiter's swirling storms taken by the Juno spacecraft on a recent flyby.

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These pictures were captured by Juno's Visible Light Camera, and sent back to Earth as raw data.

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On Earth this data is mapped, mashed, blended and enhanced by a group of citizen scientists before being shared.

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These images have been enhanced by Brian Swift and capture some of the swirling storms on Jupiter.

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This image data was collected by Juno on a recent flyover 8584 km above the surface of the Red Planet.

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Juno was originally supposed to complete its mission and dive into the gas planet on 30 July 2021, however this has now been delayed until September 2025, as it conducts more research.