震撼! NASA曬出木星藍色風暴照片

NASA's Juno spacecraft has captured a breathtaking image of a raging tempest on Jupiter.

美國國家航空航天局的“朱諾”號飛船，於近日捕捉到了一張令人驚歎的木星上兇猛風暴的照片。

Variations in the darkness of the clouds reveal what's thought to be the depth of the storm, with darker clouds sitting deeper in the atmosphere.

雲層顏色深淺的變化揭示了風暴的深度，顏色越深的雲層在環境中所處位置更深。

Juno spotted the turbulent scene during its ninth close flyby of the planet, from roughly 10,108 km above the cloudtops.

“朱諾”號是在第九次近距離飛越木星時，從雲端以上約10108千米的高度捕捉到了這一洶涌景象。

According to NASA, the swirling storm is rotating counter-clockwise over Jupiter's northern hemisphere.

美國國家航空航天局表示，漩渦狀的風暴正以逆時針方向在木星北半球旋轉。

It was captured on October 24, and reveals massive bright clouds and their shadows, stretching roughly 7-12 km across.

照片是10月24日拍攝的，顯示了綿延約7至12公里的大量發亮的雲層以及它們的陰影。

'These appear similar to the small clouds in other bright regions Juno has detected and are expected to be updrafts of ammonia ice crystals possibly mixed with water ice,' NASA notes.

美國國家航空航天局指出：“這些區域非常類似於“朱諾號”之前探測過的其他區域的小型雲團，這些雲團可能是氨冰晶體混合水冰形成的上升氣流柱。”

The stunning image was processed by citizen scientists Gerald Eichstadt and Sean Doran using data from the JunoCam imager.

這一令人震撼的照片，是由公民科學家傑拉爾德·艾徹達特、肖恩·多倫使用“朱諾號”相機的數據，進行處理後得到的。