{"id":14123,"date":"2017-03-29T18:24:22","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T22:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14123"},"modified":"2017-03-29T18:24:22","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T22:24:22","slug":"juno-citizen-scientists-turn-jupiters-stormy-clouds-into-dramatic-artworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14123","title":{"rendered":"Juno: Citizen scientists turn Jupiter’s stormy clouds into dramatic artworks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Juno<\/a> spacecraft made its latest close flyby pass above the clouds of Jupiter: \u00a0Juno Spacecraft Completes Fifth Jupiter Flyby | Mission Juno<\/a><\/p>\n

At the time of closest approach (called perijove), Juno will be about 2,700 miles (4,400 kilometers) above the planet’s cloud tops, traveling at a speed of about 129,000 miles per hour (57.8 kilometers per second) relative to the gas-giant planet. All of Juno’s eight science instruments will be on and collecting data during the flyby.<\/em><\/p>\n

Some of the most dramatic Juno images of the solar system’s largest planet have come from private individuals who have downloaded raw images from the JunoCam and applied their own image processing recipies.\u00a0The Juno mission in fact invites public to participate in such activities:\u00a0JunoCam : Processing | Mission Juno<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

… do your own image processing, and we encourage you to upload your creations for us to enjoy and share.\u00a0 The types of image processing we\u2019d love to see range from simply cropping an image to highlighting a particular atmospheric feature, as well as adding your own color enhancements, creating collages and adding advanced color reconstruction.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here is an example:\u00a0Dark Spot and Jovian \u2018Galaxy\u2019 | NASA<\/a><\/p>\n

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This enhanced-color image of a mysterious dark spot on Jupiter seems to reveal a Jovian \u201cgalaxy\u201d of swirling storms.<\/em><\/p>\n

Juno acquired this JunoCam image on Feb. 2, 2017, at 5:13 a.m. PDT (8:13 a.m. EDT), at an altitude of 9,000 miles (14,500 kilometers) above the giant planet\u2019s cloud tops. This publicly selected target<\/a> was simply titled \u201cDark Spot.\u201d In ground-based images it was difficult to tell that it is a dark storm.<\/em><\/p>\n

Citizen scientist Roman Tkachenko enhanced the color to bring out the rich detail in the storm and surrounding clouds.\u00a0 Just south of the dark storm is a bright, oval-shaped storm with high, bright, white clouds, reminiscent of a swirling galaxy. As a final touch, he rotated the image 90 degrees, turning the picture into a work of art.<\/em><\/p>\n

JunoCam’s raw images are available at www.missionjuno.swri.edu\/junocam<\/a> for the public to peruse and process into image products.<\/em><\/p>\n

More information about Juno is at:\u00a0<\/em>http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/juno<\/a> and http:\/\/missionjuno.swri.edu<\/a> .<\/em><\/p>\n

Credits: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/SwRI\/MSSS\/Roman Tkachenko<\/em><\/p>\n

Here is another example: Jupiter’s Raging Storms by Rachel Richards<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jupiter’s Raging Storms by Rachel Richards
\n<\/em>2017-03-16 12:14 UT
\n<\/em>Credit : Rachel Richards \u00a9 PUBLIC DOMAIN<\/em>
\nSubmitted By : DocRocket<\/em>
\nMission Phase : PERIJOVE 3
\n<\/a><\/em>Processed image of juno’s
\nLATITUDE COVERAGE of Jupiter \/\/ Mission Phase : PERIJOVE 3<\/em><\/p>\n

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