The United States Space Agency (NASA) has just released the most detailed color map of Jupiter, captured by the Cassini spacecraft as it began its approach to the planet on December 11 and 12, 2000.
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The current raw images feature only two colors, while these new, multi-colored maps will provide a view of Jupiter as seen by the naked eye. They include a cylindrical map of the planet, along with its northern and southern polar maps.
These maps reveal various forms of colorful clouds, including parallel bands of reddish-brown and white, numerous small vortices, and many oval-shaped white spirals, as well as wave-like formations and streaks.
Cassini entered orbit around Saturn on July 1, 2004. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a collaborative project between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
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