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Glorious New Hubble Photo Showcases Jupiter's Stormy Side - ScienceAlert
Sep 18, 2020 42 secs

In the northern hemisphere, turbulent clouds could indicate the formation of a new swirling storm, while down south, a long-lived storm just below and about half the size of the Great Red Spot seems to be slowly changing colour from white to red.

The Great Red Spot is the most famous of Jupiter's storms, and it's the most eye-catching feature in this new image.

It's a truly enormous storm, rotating anticlockwise, and we think it's been around for at least 350 years.

In the last few decades, the Great Red Spot appears to have been shrinking, a mystery that has been puzzling scientists, but it's still huge; currently, it measures 15,800 kilometres (9,818 miles) across.

We've not seen these before, and scientists think that it might be a nascent long-lived storm, similar to the Great Red Spot and Oval BA in the south.

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