Jupiter in 2022
Jupiter in 2020
The images below show Jupiter, August 21 2020, using a methane band filter which transmits light around 850 nm (on the left). This is a major absorption region for methane, a gas present in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter. Infrared light is absorbed at these wavelengths. Thus, any feature on Jupiter which is bright when imaged with this filter must be at an elevated altitude in the Jovian atmosphere. These panels show the eruption of the North Temperate Belt Jetstream, visible as a bright spot at upper left in the Methane panels. This eruption appears bright when imaged in near-infrared (around 685 nm), as well as in UV.
Jupiter in 2019
