“OK. I like it. Picasso!⁣”

Ibinahagi ng National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ang larawan ng kakaiba at mala-painting na formation ng ulap sa planetang Jupiter.

Sa Instagram post ng NASA, inihayag nitong nakuhanan ang naturang larawan noong Setyembre 7, 2023.

“On Sept. 7, 2023, during its 54th close flyby of Jupiter, the NASA Solar System #JunoMission captured this view of an area in the giant planet’s far northern regions,” anang NASA sa naturang post.

‘Never-before-seen’ feature ng Jupiter, ipinakita ng NASA

“As often occurs in views from Juno, Jupiter’s clouds in the 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,” dagdag pa nito.

Ipinakikita rin ng larawan ang mga ulap at bagyo sa terminator ng Jupiter, na naghahati umano sa linya sa pagitan ng “day and night sides” ng planeta.

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“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,” saad ng NASA.

Ginawa umano ng citizen scientist na si Vladimir Tarasov ang naturang imahen gamit ang raw data mula sa JunoCam instrument.

Nang kuhanan ang naturang larawan, ayon sa NASA, ang Juno spacecraft ay nasa 4,800 miles (tinatayang 7,700 kilometro) sa itaas ng tuktok ng mga ulap sa Jupiter, sa latitude na humigit-kumulang 69 degrees north.

Matatandaang kamakailan lamang ay ibinahagi naman ng NASA ang “never-before-seen” feature ng atmosphere ng planetang Jupiter.