Painting with Jupiter

In digital brush strokes, {Jupiter}‘s signature atmospheric bands and vortices were used to form this interplanetary post-impressionist work of art.

The creative image from citizen scientist {Rick Lundh} uses data from the {Juno} spacecraft’s {JunoCam}. To paint on the digital canvas, a JunoCam image with contrasting light and dark tones was chosen for processing and an oil-painting software filter applied.

The image data was captured during perijove 10. That was Juno’s {December 16, 2017} close encounter with the {Solar System}‘s ruling {gas giant}. At the time the spacecraft was cruising about 13,000 kilometers above northern Jovian cloud tops.

Now in an extended mission, {Juno} has explored {Jupiter} and its moons since entering orbit around Jupiter in {July of 2016}.