The Solid-State Imaging camera returns one observation that was part of the campaign designed to monitor volcanic plume activity on Io. The next two observations returned by the camera contain images of Amalthea , one of Jupiter's inner moons. The images will provide the best spatial resolution ever obtained of the minor moon and will enhance studies of its shape. The last observation of the week is returned by the Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer. The observation contains measurements describing a white oval in Jupiter's atmosphere.
White ovals are long-lived storms that tend to form between two adjacent zonal jet streams.
For more information on the Galileo spacecraft and its mission to Jupiter, please visit the Galileo home page.