Space / 2013-03-14
Vortices Bump into a Hot Spot in Jupiter Atmosphere
Vortices Bump into a Hot Spot in Jupiter Atmosphere
NASA's image library records Vortices Bump into a Hot Spot in Jupiter Atmosphere.
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
In this series of images from NASA Cassini spacecraft, a dark, rectangular hot spot interacts with a line of vortices that approaches from on the upper-right side. The interaction distorts the shape of the hot spot, leaving it diminished.