South Pole Surface Detail Revealed

2017-07-28 08:30 UT
Credit : Georgios Kalantzopoulos © cc by
Submitted By : Georgios_NK
Mission Phase : PERIJOVE 6
Source Image(s) : JNCE_2017139_06C00125_V01

Jupiter's South pole image from the recent Juno mission, processed to reveal high level of detail on the planet's heavily cloudy surface.

Imaged processed in Photoshop with Curves, Levels, Vibrance and Contrasts adjustments. Selective contrast was applied individually on the blue and on the orange-toned areas of the surface.

Micro-contrast adjustments and 3D-rendering took place by low opacity highpass filter followed by bumpmapping