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This striking view of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot and turbulent southern hemisphere was captured by Juno as it performed a close pass of the gas giant planet.

The southern edge of Jupiter’s north polar region is captured in this view from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The scene prominently displays a long, brown oval known as a “brown barge” located within a polar jet stream, called "Jet N4."

Dramatic atmospheric features in Jupiter's northern hemisphere are captured in this view from NASA's Juno spacecraft. The new perspective shows swirling clouds that surround a circular feature within a jet stream region called "Jet N6."

A giant, spiraling storm in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere is captured in this animation from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The storm is approximately 5,000 miles across, or roughly the width of the United States.

This new perspective captures the notable Great Red Spot, as well as a massive storm called Oval BA.

On Dec. 21, during winter solstice, four of Juno’s cameras captured images of the Jovian moon Io, the most volcanic body in our solar system.

On Dec. 21, at 8:49:48 a.m. PST Juno will be 3,140 miles above Jupiter's cloud tops and hurtling by at a healthy clip of 128,802 mph.

Colorful swirling clouds in Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt practically fill this image. This is the closest image captured of the Jovian clouds during the recent flyby.

A cloud in the shape of a dolphin appears to be swimming through the cloud bands along the South South Temperate Belt.

Jupiter's moon Io rises just off the horizon of the gas giant planet. Slightly larger than Earth's moon, Io is the most volcanically active world in the solar system.