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. 2023 Sep 20;219(7):53. doi: 10.1007/s11214-023-00996-6

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Fig. 6 — Morphology and variety of atmospheric features at different spatial scales (colours are approximate and contrasts have been enhanced for visibility): (a) Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. (b) Turbulent filamentary features at a 52^∘N (white structures) near a dark brown vortex, both showing cyclonic morphologies in their clouds. (c) Convective storm at 31^∘S. (d) Dayside storms with lightning observed at the same location on the nightside. (e) Series of short-scale gravity waves in Jupiter’s cloud at 17^∘N above a series of large dark features at 8^∘N in Jupiter’s North Equatorial Belt. (f) One of the dark projections of the North Equatorial Belt, sometimes known as a 5-μm hotspots. (g) New Horizons observation of small-scale gravity waves in Jupiter’s atmosphere. (h) Galileo observations of Jupiter’s limb in violet and near infrared light at 756 nm. (i) Composite map of Jupiter’s North polar region in polar projection from Junocam observations obtained on different perijoves. (j) combination of visible and near IR observations of Jupiter’s South polar region sampling polar hazes structured as a circumpolar wave. Latitudinal grid is superimposed each 10^∘. Credits and sources: (a) and (b). Junocam images acquired on February 12, 2019 with credits: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Kevin M. Gill. (c) Excerpt from a Junocam observation obtained on June 2, 2020. (d) Combination of Galileo SSI images obtained on May 4, 1999. NASA / JPL-Caltech. Image (e) is an HST observation from April 1, 2017 from Simon et al. (2018a). Image (f) is a Junocam observation obtained on Sept. 16, 2020. (g) New Horizons views from the MVIC instrument of equatorial waves on Feb. 28, 2007 with credits from NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute. (h) Galileo December 20, 1996; NASA / JPL-Caltech. (i) Image composite from Junocam images obtained on Feb. 17, April 10, June 2, and July 25 of 2020. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt, John Rogers. (j) Adapted from Barrado-Izagirre et al. (2008)