Three dimensional Visualization of Jupiter's Equatorial Region
March 19, 2003
This frame is a view to the southeast, from between the cloud layers and over the north center of the region. The tall white clouds in the lower cloud deck are probably much like large terrestrial thunderclouds. They may be regions where atmospheric water powers vertical convection over large horizontal distances.
Topics: Environment, Space plasmas, Jupiter, Moons of Jupiter, Atmosphere of Jupiter, Lightning, Cumulonimbus cloud, Cloud, Io