Super-detailed Jupiter's Map (1)

This map is part of a group release of cylindrical and polar stereographic projections of Jupiter.
This color map of Jupiter were constructed from images taken by the narrow-angle camera onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 11 and 12, 2000, as the spacecraft neared Jupiter during its flyby of the giant planet. Cassini was on its way to Saturn. They are the most detailed global color maps of Jupiter ever produced. The smallest visible features are about 120 Km (approx. 75 miles) across.

The maps are composed of 36 images: a pair of images covering Jupiter's Northern and Southern Hemispheres was acquired in two colors every hour for nine hours as Jupiter rotated beneath the spacecraft. Although the raw images are in just two colors, 750 nanometers (near-infrared) and 451 nanometers (blue), the map's colors are close to those the human eye would see when gazing at Jupiter.