Voyager 2 Jupiter Images – A 12 frame mosaic of Jupiter

This is a mosaic of 12 color images obtained by Voyager 2 on July 5, 1979 beginning at 15:54 and ending at 16:29. At this time Voyager 2 was 4.5 million km from Jupiter's center; the resolution is 45 km/pixel. Each color image was composed from orange and violet images plus synthetic green. The end result is approximately natural color and contrast. This mosaic shows a huge amount of interesting details. There are fairly irregular filamentary cloud structures in the north polar region, gravity waves at several locations near the equator, brown barges can be seen, big and bright plumes, various small spots and ovals and a turbulent region at lower right that is just west of the Great Red Spot. And perhaps most interesting: Amalthea is visible at lower left (it's very dark).