--- title: "What is shown in incredible picture by Juno spacecraft" description: "What is shown in incredible picture by Juno spacecraft" author: "Sanjay Goenka" published: 2023-06-19 updated: 2023-06-20 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/100062/what-is-shown-in-incredible-picture-by-juno-spacecraft category: "space technology" tags: ["space science"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # What is shown in incredible picture by Juno spacecraft ## Answers ### Answer by Mark John An incredible picture taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft shows Jupiter's Great Red Spot, the largest storm in the [solar system,](https://www.mindstick.com/KidsZone/Home/SolarSystem) in unprecedented detail. The image, taken on February 2, 2023, shows the storm as a swirling vortex of red and white clouds, with a diameter of about 14,000 miles. The Great Red Spot is thought to have been raging for at least 350 years, and may be even older. It is so large that it could easily fit several Earths inside of it. The image was taken by Juno's JunoCam instrument, which is a color camera that is used to take public [engagement](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/54969/how-technology-is-helping-employee-engagement) images of Jupiter and its moons. JunoCam is not a [scientific](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/4921/7-ancient-hindu-festivals-and-their-scientific-basis) instrument, but it has provided some of the most stunning images of Jupiter ever taken. The Juno spacecraft is currently in orbit around Jupiter, and is scheduled to make 37 close flybys of the planet over the next two years. During these flybys, Juno will [collect](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/34468/how-do-you-collect-and-clean-datasets) data about Jupiter's [atmosphere](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2058/robin-wordsworth-re-creates-the-atmosphere-of-ancient-mars), interior, and [magnetic field](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1622/astronomers-made-a-discovery-of-a-supermassive-black-hole-with-a-flipped-magnetic-field). This data will help scientists to better understand the formation and [evolution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87722/history-of-google-search-engine-evolution-to-advancement) of Jupiter, and to learn more about the gas giants in general. The incredible picture of the [Great Red Spot](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35765/which-planet-have-the-great-red-spot) is just one of many amazing images that have been taken by Juno. These images have helped to capture the [imagination](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81798/universe-is-too-thin-beyond-our-imagination) of people around the world, and have sparked a renewed [interest](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80990/understudies-take-interest-in-education-or-not) in Jupiter and its moons. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/100062/what-is-shown-in-incredible-picture-by-juno-spacecraft Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.