--- description: Scientists will soon get the closest look ever at Jupiter's mysterious landmark, the Great Red Spot title: Get Ready, Science Nerds: Incredible Jupiter Photos Are Coming image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f0b7a77fec3cdea/6988d509e76ad22e7f62e43a/jupiter-great-red-spot.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Space](/tag/space/) ## Space Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Get Ready, Science Nerds: Incredible Jupiter Photos Are Coming by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jul 10, 2017 2:52 PM CUT  Taken from 20 million kilometres away by Voyager 1, this picture shows the Great Red Spot, and two of Jupiter's four main moons. Taken from 20 million kilometres away by Voyager 1, this picture shows the Great Red Spot, and two of Jupiter's four main moons.Science & Society Picture Library—SSPL via Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jul 10, 2017 2:52 PM CUT Scientists will soon get humanity’s closest-ever look at Jupiter’s mysterious landmark, the [Great Red Spot](http://time.com/3583287/jupiter-great-red-spot-space-science/ "undefined"). NASA’s [Juno spacecraft will fly](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas-juno-spacecraft-to-fly-over-jupiters-great-red-spot-july-10 "undefined") over the planet’s most famous feature just after 10 p.m. ET Monday. It will then pass about 5,600 miles above the top of Jupiter’s clouds. The Great Red Spot, which takes up about 10,000 miles, is a giant storm that has churned on Jupiter for hundreds of years. Scientists, long puzzled by the gigantic storm, have monitored it since 1830\. Juno’s trip to the spot is the closest any spacecraft has ever gotten. “Now, Juno and her cloud-penetrating science instruments will dive in to see how deep the roots of this storm go, and help us understand how this giant storm works and what makes it so special,” Scott Bolton, NASA’s principal investigator of Juno, said in a statement. Juno has been in Jupiter’s orbit for just a little more than a year, according to [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas-juno-spacecraft-to-fly-over-jupiters-great-red-spot-july-10 "undefined"). The spacecraft launched in August 2011. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4851211/jupiter-red-spot-nasa-juno/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4851211/jupiter-red-spot-nasa-juno/"},"headline":"Get Ready, Science Nerds: Incredible Jupiter Photos Are Coming","datePublished":"2017-07-10T14:52:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:29:26.149Z","description":"NASA's Juno spacecraft will fly right over the planet's famous red spot","url":"https://time.com/4851211/jupiter-red-spot-nasa-juno/","keywords":["Space","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f0b7a77fec3cdea/6988d509e76ad22e7f62e43a/jupiter-great-red-spot.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f0b7a77fec3cdea/6988d509e76ad22e7f62e43a/jupiter-great-red-spot.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The planet Jupiter, showing two of its moons and the Great Red Spot, 1979.","caption":"The planet Jupiter, showing two of its moons and the Great Red Spot, 1979.","creditText":"Science & Society Picture Library—SSPL via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4851211/jupiter-red-spot-nasa-juno/","name":"Get Ready, Science Nerds: Incredible Jupiter Photos Are Coming"}}]}] ```