Atmosphere of Jupiter
The atmosphere of Jupiter is the largest planetary atmosphere in the Solar System. It is mostly made up of molecular hydrogen and helium. It is also made up of methane, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, water, nitrogen, sulfur, and noble gases.
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Jupiter's swirling clouds, in a true-color image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in April 2017
Vertical structure of the atmosphere of Jupiter. Note that the temperature drops together with altitude above the tropopause. The Galileo atmospheric probe stopped transmitting at a depth of 132 km below the 1 bar "surface" of Jupiter.
A polar stereographic projection of Jupiter's atmosphere centered about Jupiter's south pole
Zonal wind speeds in the atmosphere of Jupiter
Idealized illustration of Jupiter's cloud bands, labeled with their official abbreviations. Lighter zones are indicated to the right, darker belts to the left. The Great Red Spot and Oval BA are shown in the South Tropical Zone and South Temperate Belt, respectively.
This image from the HST reveals a rare wave structure just north of the planet's equator.
Thermal image of Jupiter obtained by NASA Infrared Telescope Facility
New Horizons IR view of Jupiter's atmosphere
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