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Warm up with this cozy image of a hot spot on Jupiter – Space.com

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A new composite image of Jupiter’s atmosphere
shows a hot spot glowing brightly in infrared wavelengths.
Astronomers and amateur image processors combined data from the NASA Juno spacecraft
at Jupiter and the Gemini North Telescope at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, to create the epic image. Although researchers have known about hot spots on Jupiter for more than 25 years, views such as this one give scientists a better understanding of how storms and atmospheric waves contribute to the “elusive” water content…

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