PIA00017: Cloud Layers Southeast of the Great Red Spot
This view of the region just to the Southeast of the Great Red Spot was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on March 4, 1979 at a distance of 1,100,000 miles (1,800,000 km).
 Target Name:  Jupiter
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Voyager 
 Spacecraft:  Voyager 1
 Product Size:  760 x 876 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Producer ID:  P21225  
 Addition Date:  1996-01-29 
 Primary Data Set:  Voyager EDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA00017.tif (1.838 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA00017.jpg (53.42 kB)  

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This view of the region just to the Southeast of the Great Red Spot was taken by Voyager 1 on March 4, 1979 at a distance of 1,100,000 miles (1,800,000 km). Differences in cloud color may indicate relative heights of the cloud layers but the exact relationship between color and height has not yet been established. The smallest clouds seen in this picture are approximately 20 miles (30 km) across.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
1996-01-29