OK. I like it. Picasso!
On Sept. 7, 2023, during its 54th close flyby of Jupiter, the NASASolarSystem
#JunoMission captured this view of an area in the giant planet’s far northern regions.
As often occurs in views from Juno, Jupiter’s clouds in this picture lend themselves to pareidolia, the effect that causes observers to perceive faces or other patterns in largely random patterns. This view seems to resemble a Cubist portrait displaying multiple perspectives of a face. We present it to you on Oct. 25—what would have been Picasso's 142nd birthday.
The image shows turbulent clouds and storms along Jupiter’s terminator, the dividing line between the day and night sides of the planet. The low angle of sunlight highlights the complex topography of features in this region, which scientists have studied to better understand the processes playing out in Jupiter’s atmosphere.
Citizen scientist Vladimir Tarasov made this image using raw data from the JunoCam instrument. At the time...