Jupiter's Storm of the Far North

A dynamic storm at the southern edge of Jupiter's northern polar region dominates this cloudscape, captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft.

This storm has been tracked since at least 1993 and could be even older. An anticyclone is a weather phenomenon where winds blow around the storm in the opposite direction to the flow around a low-pressure area. It is the third-largest anticyclonic oval on the planet, typically about 6,000 kilometres long. The colour varies between red and cream-white, but this JunoCam image shows it still has a pale reddish core within the radius of maximum wind speeds.