A Flight over Jupiter Near the Great Red Spot

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. Follow: Live coverage of tomorrow's OSIRIS-REx attempted touchdown-and-go on asteroid Bennu