These color maps of #Jupiter were constructed from images taken by the narrow-angle camera onboard NASA& #39;s Cassini spacecraft on December 11/12, 2000, as the spacecraft neared Jupiter during its flyby of the giant planet. Cassini was on its way to Saturn. 1/3

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They are the most detailed global color maps of Jupiter ever produced; the smallest visible features are about 120 kilometers across. The maps show a variety of colorful cloud features, including parallel reddish-brown and white ovals and many small vortices. 2/3

Many clouds appear in streaks & waves due to continual stretching & folding by Jupiter& #39;s winds & turbulence. The bluish-gray features along the N edge of the central bright band are equatorial "hot spots",meteorological systems such as the one entered by NASA& #39;s Galileo probe. 3/3