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                               2020 October 19

                A Flight over Jupiter Near the Great Red Spot
    Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Video Processing & License:
                       Kevin M. Gill; Music: Vangelis

   Explanation: Are you willing to wait to see the largest and oldest
   known storm system in the Solar System? In the featured video,
   Jupiter's Great Red Spot finally makes its appearance 2 minutes and 12
   seconds into the 5-minute video. Before it arrives, you may find it
   pleasing to enjoy the continually changing view of the seemingly serene
   clouds of Jupiter, possibly with your lights low and sound up. The 41
   frames that compose the video were captured in June as the robotic Juno
   spacecraft was making a close pass over our Solar System's largest
   planet. The time-lapse sequence actually occurred over four hours.
   Since arriving at Jupiter in 2016, Juno's numerous discoveries have
   included unexpectedly deep atmospheric jet streams, the most powerful
   auroras ever recorded, and water-bearing clouds bunched near Jupiter's
   equator.

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