<p>Scientists working on NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter provided an infrared animation showing the cyclones and anticyclones on the planet’s polar regions.</p><p>A second animation also shows a detailed view of a dynamo, or engine, powering the magnetic field for any planet beyond Earth. Both animations were unveiled</a> during the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Austria on Wednesday, April 11.</p><p>The data from Juno’s InfraRed Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument was used to create a 3-D fly-around of the planet’s north pole. The instrument looks at the weather layer down to 30-45 miles below Jupiter’s cloud tops. The imagery will help scientists understand a north pole dominated by a central cyclone surrounded by eight circumpolar cyclones with diameters ranging from 2,500 to 2,900 miles. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM via Storyful</p><br />
