Jupiter is composed of massive storms, and gazing inside them requires collective efforts of the Juno spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the ground-based Gemini North telescope in Hawaii. Combined images from these sources have produced stunning images that exposed Jupiter's continuous storms.
The CNN mentioned three methods of observing Jupiter use different wavelengths to create images. Hubble utilizes visible and ultraviolet light while Gemini uses thermal infrared. Juno captures radio signals from the lightning in Jupiter's storms. Also called "sferics" and "whistlers," these radio signals can be used to map lightning even beneath Jupiter's heavy clouds.
Sferics is short for atmospherics, while whistlers are named from their whistling tone.
At a distance, Hubble and Gemini provide clear observations, which can interpret Juno's close-up views of Jupiter.
Great Red Spot's secrets
The varying wavelength on Jupiter's Great Red Spot's images reveals its secrets.
Using "lucky imaging," many short-exposure, sharp images are taken when Earth's atmosphere is momentarily stable. This created the sharpest images of Jupiter taken from Earth. "These images rival the view from space," said Wong.
At 300-mile resolution, the Gemini's telescope can even explain the two car headlights in Miami that were seen from New York City,
