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[Verginius Rufus]

Maybe the clouds are there to keep Juno from seeing what Jupiter is up to.

[gloryblaze]

A fire-breathing dragon is not as good as a kitten, though.

[diatomite]

That turbulence is impressive.

[ETL]

Breathtaking NASA Video Shows Jupiter's Moons Race Across Its Great Red Storm

CARLY CASSELLA | 4 JANUARY 2019

It's been over a year since NASA's Cassini spacecraft plunged to its death after orbiting Saturn for an impressive thirteen years.

Yet even from the grave, the exquisite images from this stalwart probe continue to take our breath away.

[ETL]

The first image below is pretty much the situation now, Nov 23, 2020. Little by little, Jupiter, from our perspective, is incing closer and closer to Saturn.
And by mid-December the two planets will appear to be practically on top of each other, I think both within the space as a full moon!
The 2nd is the situation in mid-December (this is NOT a one-day, or even one week, thing).

In fact the two planets right now, Nov 23, are fairly close to each other (first image below).
In reality, Saturn is actually something like 500 million miles behind Jupiter.