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New photos from Jupiter look like a van Gogh painting

By Ashley Strickland, CNN

Updated 2140 GMT (0540 HKT) February 27, 2019

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An artist's impression of a collision between a young Jupiter and a massive, still-forming protoplanet in the early solar system.
Photos: Juno, meet Jupiter
An artist's impression of a collision between a young Jupiter and a massive, still-forming protoplanet in the early solar system.
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These dramatic swirls on Jupiter are atmospheric features. Clouds swirl around a circular feature in a jet stream region.
Photos: Juno, meet Jupiter
These dramatic swirls on Jupiter are atmospheric features. Clouds swirl around a circular feature in a jet stream region.
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Is that a dolphin on Jupiter? No, but it definitely looks like one. It's actually a cloud that looks like it's swimming through cloud bands along the South Temperate Belt.
Photos: Juno, meet Jupiter
Is that a dolphin on Jupiter? No, but it definitely looks like one. It's actually a cloud that looks like it's swimming through cloud bands along the South Temperate Belt.
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This composite image, derived from data collected by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter, shows the central cyclone at the planet's north pole and the eight cyclones that encircle it.
Photos: Juno, meet Jupiter
This composite image, derived from data collected by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter, shows the central cyclone at the planet's north pole and the eight cyclones that encircle it.
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This striking image of Jupiter was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it performed its eighth flyby of the gas giant.
Photos: Juno, meet Jupiter
This striking image of Jupiter was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it performed its eighth flyby of the gas giant.
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