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Get the spin on Jupiter, the movie!

          Yes folks, the newest star in the film biz is the great Jupiter herself — veiled in ultraviolet!
          Observations in the ultraviolet part of the light spectrum reveal features in Jupiter's stratosphere that are transparent in the visible-light portion of the spectrum. One surprise is the dark vortex whose birth and migration can be seen during the 11-week span of the movie taken while Cassini was approaching Jupiter in late 2000. Development of this feature resembles development of ozone holes in Earth's stratosphere in that both processes appear to occur only within confined masses of high-altitude polar air. The similarity may help scientists understand both processes better.
         Read the story? NOW SEE THE MOVIE! The movie clip and a still image mapping all 360 degrees of Jupiter in ultraviolet are available online from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/jupiter (But Don't forget to click the back button when you're ready to come back to us! )