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: This image from NASA's Juno spacecraft captures dramatic atmospheric features in Jupiter's northern hemisphere during its 18th close flyby of the gas giant. The swirling clouds surround a circular feature within the "Jet N6" region of the jet stream. Jupiter's atmosphere lacks a solid surface, allowing storms and wind patterns, or jet streams, to persist for centuries. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

Swirling clouds on the surface of Jupiter look like a Van Gogh painting. One large store, known as Jet N6, is seen in reddish brown with smaller pale streaks and swirls in its center. The rest of the clouds have been enhanced to show dark outlines, blue centers, and white swirls all jumbling together like paint.
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