Jupiter Shines in Scientific and Artistic Images by Citizen Scientists (Gallery)

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By Calla Cofield
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Swirling Storms

NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Public Domain

This image, processed and uploaded by a citizen scientist who goes by AMOS-22, wrote that this image was processed in Adobe Lightroom, a commercial available photo editing software.

Clouds to the South

NASA/SwRI/MSSS/Alex Mai copyright CC BY

A close-up view of the cloud formations on Jupiter's south pole, by citizen scientist Alex Mai.

Cloud structures

NASA/SwRI/MSSS/Roman Tkachenko copyright PUBLIC DOMAIN

This grayscale image makes it easier to see the structure of the clouds as seen by Juno. Citizen scientist Roman Tkachenko wrote, "Processed version of image JNCE_2016240_00C06186_V01-raw. There is only manual alignment and stitching; no automation was used."

Jupiter in Orange

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This image, processed by citizen scientist Steve Solon (of Galaxyshots) shows Jupiter's south pole "at minimum emission angle."

Jupiter's Pastels

NASA/JunoCam/Decplace copyright PUBLIC DOMAIN

A JunoCam participant with the username Nemrut Dagi-24 processed this image and wrote: "Altered white balance and changed colours around a little and brought out detail."

Jupiter on Fire

NASA/JunoCam/K K Wicki © PUBLIC DOMAIN

A work of art produced by JunoCam participant Nebraska-45.

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Calla Cofield
Calla Cofield
Senior Writer

Calla Cofield joined Space.com's crew in October 2014. She enjoys writing about black holes, exploding stars, ripples in space-time, science in comic books, and all the mysteries of the cosmos. Prior to joining Space.com Calla worked as a freelance writer, with her work appearing in APS News, Symmetry magazine, Scientific American, Nature News, Physics World, and others. From 2010 to 2014 she was a producer for The Physics Central Podcast. Previously, Calla worked at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City (hands down the best office building ever) and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California. Calla studied physics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is originally from Sandy, Utah. In 2018, Calla left Space.com to join NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory media team where she oversees astronomy, physics, exoplanets and the Cold Atom Lab mission. She has been underground at three of the largest particle accelerators in the world and would really like to know what the heck dark matter is. Contact Calla via: E-Mail – Twitter