Each day we feature a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. This near-infrared image of Jupiter was made using instrumentation at NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility, located on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii , in support of the Galileo mission to Jupiter . The brightest spots indicated by the false red shading are relatively clear areas and represent glimpses beneath the outer layer of Jupiter's obscuring cloud tops . In a recent press release of the probe's findings scientists announced some surprising results. The Galileo orbiter continues its two-year mission to explore the Jovian system .
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