JunoCam at PJ72
Juno’s PJ72 was on 2025 May 7, and this time (in contrast to the loss of data at PJ71) the imaging was fully successful. Highlights were:
–A distant view of Io showed that the fallout from the recent volcanic eruption near the south pole is still present, apparently unchanged since PJ70.
–One of the northern circumpolar cyclones, which had always been a typical ‘filled’ cyclone, has changed its form to become an almost featureless circular cloud disk – only the second major transition of a filled cyclone during the mission.
–The inbound images gave good views of the reviving N. Temperate Belt, and of a ‘reddish blob’ that has been tracked on its south edge, here revealed as an anticyclone.
–Long haze bands with curious changes in contrast can still be seen around the south pole.
Our report including miniature figures is in this PDF: Report-on-PJ72-&minifigs
The full-size figures are in this ZIP file: PJ72-report_Figures
Here are two of the figures:
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