We have seen many images of Jupiter many times before, but today we will look at a different one. An image that looks like a work of art, like a painting at first glance. But of course it is not a painting.

NASA made its 54th close flyby of Jupiter on 7 September 2023 for the Solar System's Juno Mission. It captured this image of an area in the far northern regions of the giant planet.

As is often the case with images taken from Juno, Jupiter's clouds are prone to the pareidolia effect, which causes observers to perceive faces or other patterns in largely random ways. This image resembles a Cubist portrait, showing multiple perspectives of a face. We present it to you on 25 October, Picasso's 142nd birthday.

The image shows turbulent clouds and storms along Jupiter's terminator, the line separating the day and night sides of the planet. The low sunlight angle emphasises the complex topography of features in this region, which scientists are studying to better understand the processes occurring in Jupiter's atmosphere.

Citizen scientist Vladimir Tarasov created this image using raw data from the JunoCam spacecraft. At the time the raw image was taken, the Juno spacecraft was about 4800 miles (about 7700 kilometres) above Jupiter's cloud tops at about 69 degrees north latitude.

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Jupiter's swirling clouds appear to form a frowning human face. Half of the image is in darkness on the night side of the planet, which makes the face look almost as if it is peering through a door.