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(left) and false-colour (right) mosaics of Jupiter's
northern hemisphere between 10 and 50 degrees latitude. Jupiter's atmospheric
motions are controlled by alternating eastward and westward bands of air
between Jupiter's equator and polar regions. The direction and speed of
these bands influences the colour and texture of the clouds seen in this
mosaic. The high and thin clouds are represented by light blue, deep clouds
are reddish, and high and thick clouds are white. A high haze overlying
a clear, deep atmosphere is represented by dark purple. This image was taken
by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on April 3, 1997 at a distance of 1.4 million
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