Jupiter’s Colourful Palette PopWallet space 26 with Hubble's Wide Field

26 with Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2

This image is formed from data gathered by the FOcal Reducer and low dispersion Spectrograph (FORS) instrument

Conventional wisdom is that they are as old as the planet

This image is among those selected by the NASA Headquarters photo team as one of their best images of 2020

Jupiter’s Colourful Palette PopWallet space 26 with Hubble's Wide FieldThe NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals the intricate, detailed beauty of Jupiters clouds in this new image taken on 27 June 2019 by Hubbles Wide Field Camera 3, when the planet was 644 million kilometres from Earth its closest distance this year. The image features the planets trademark Great Red Spot and a more intense colour palette in the clouds swirling in the planets turbulent atmosphere than seen in previous years. The observations of