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Red Eye
Featured on July 16, 2017
The Juno spacecraft snapped this image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot on July 10, when it flew just 5,600 miles (9,000 km) above the giant storm. The storm currently spans more than 10,000 miles (16,000 km), which is wider than Earth. It has been shrinking in recent decades, though; at its peak, it was more than twice Earth's diameter. The image contrast has been enhanced to bring out subtle features in the clouds of the Great Red Spot and the surrounding atmosphere. [NASA/JPL/MSSS]
