NASA images: ‘Aurorae’ to ‘chaotic energy’, See THESE 5 pictures of Jupiter

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THESE 5 NASA images from space will make you fall in love with universeJupiter's stormy atmosphere features more than a dozen prevailing winds, with speeds reaching up to 335 miles per hour (539 kilometers per hour) at the equator. Additionally, the Great Red Spot, a massive storm system twice the size of Earth, has been observed on Jupiter for over 300 years.The extraordinary vivid glows shown in the new observations are known as auroras.

They are created when high-energy particles enter a planet’s atmosphere near its magnetic poles and collide with gas atoms. Jupiter, its Great Red Spot and three of its four largest satellites are visible in this photo taken Feb.

5, 1979, by Voyager 1. Io, Europa, and Callisto are seen against Jupiter disk.Also Read: NASA images: Photo of massive star clusters in Milky Way’s heart; netizens say ‘time travel in picture’According to NASA, Jupiter's zonal winds, going in opposite directions, generate eddies of all sizes that manifest in storms swirling in the atmosphere.