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What does Jupiter atmosphere look like up close?

Planetary Sci.

Jupiter is one of my favorite planets (its immense size is fascinating to me), but all the images we have of it are from relatively far away.

I know that as gas giant, Jupiter doesn't have a "surface", but I've been very curious what would it look like up close - if you were floating within its atmosphere and see fine details.

To my knowledge we don't have actual photos this up close from any probes. I've seen a number of fictional visualizations, but I don't know how accurate those actually are.

Would it look similar to Earth clouds? Are there any scientifically accurate visualizations of what it would look like?

Posted Apr 1, 2026, 8:40 PM UTC

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