Video: Images of planet Jupiter make for gorgeous timelapse

Currently orbiting Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft flies close to the giant planet every 53 days, travelling from its north pole and past its south pole and taking images on the way. First shared at Colossal, this 2-minute video below was created using a set of these stills.

In case you're wondering how the data gets back to earth, it takes 1.5 days for the 6 megabytes (yes, mb!) of photo data captured over the 2 hour orbit to be downloaded by scientists at NASA.

As part of NASA's recent move to make their entire catalog of imagery and video available free online, the raw photos were colourised by Gerald Eichstädt, before photographer Sean Doran set the stills in motion, and Avi Solomon added some music to create the experience, with the aim of giving a taste of what it's like to fly above Jupiter.

It's worth noting the photos are color-enhanced as the atmosphere above the planet makes many of the colours appear flat.