Jupiter. Near-infrared image of Jupiter,showing the Great Red Spot (white) and a smaller red spot (Red Spot Junior) that formed between 1998 and 2000. The spots are a reddish colour in visible light. The colours here indicate cloud height,from high altitude (white),through blue to lower altitudes (red). The bright areas around the poles are polar stratospheric hazes. Jupiter's red spots are massive storm systems,tens of thousands of kilometres across and large enough to swallow Earth whole. The Great Red Spot has lasted for hundreds of years. Image obtained on 14 July 2006 by the Near-Infrared Imager (NIRI) at Gemini North,Hawaii,using the ALTAIR adaptive optics system | |
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