Great Red Spot: Quick Facts

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False-colour infrared image of the Great Red Spot and its environs, based on observations made by the Galileo spacecraft in June 1996. Various colours distinguish details seen by Galileo at three different infrared wavelengths and provide information about the relative altitudes of the cloud layers. The yellow and yellow-green of the Great Red Spot indicate its projection above the surrounding clouds, whereas the blue-purple regions identify areas of cloud thinning.

Jupiter's Great Red Spot

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