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JunoCam is on the spacecraft to take pictures of Jupiter

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and we specifically designed it

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to get pictures of the polar regions of Jupiter.

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We've had a number of spacecraft that have flown past Jupiter

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and taken pictures, taken movies,

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but they've always been in the equatorial plane.

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And so this mission is the first one

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that we really get up over the polar regions.

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Let me mention that all of our pictures are of the cloud tops.

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Jupiter is a ball of gas,

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and all we will see are clouds.

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But they're very interesting, very dynamic clouds,

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so it should be fun.

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JunoCam is a unique element of the payload on this spacecraft

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because from the outset

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its reason for being on the payload

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was to do outreach to the public.

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We do not have enough data volume

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to take a picture on every spin.

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We are going to have to be choosy

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and select what are the places that we want to take pictures of.

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We are going to invite the amateur astronomy community

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to send us their best data.

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So, approximately a month away from when we take our data,

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we will be collecting the pictures from the amateur astronomy community

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and talk about why they would take a picture in any given latitude.

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And so the whole theme is to do science in a fishbowl.

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Let's do what we would do, but let's do it in a public forum

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so that the public can participate

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and I'll be very happy

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if everybody gets involved the way I hope they do.