Jupiter’s Colourful Palette
Date: 12 August 2019
Satellite: Hubble
Depicts: Jupiter
Copyright: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley)
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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals the intricate, detailed beauty of Jupiter’s clouds in this new image taken on 27 June 2019 by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3, when the planet was 644 million kilometres from Earth — its closest distance this year. The image features the planet’s trademark Great Red Spot and a more intense colour palette in the clouds swirling in the planet’s turbulent atmosphere than seen in previous years.
The observations of Jupiter form part of the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) programme.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
