Great Red Spot
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The Great Red Spot is a persistent high-pressure region in the atmosphere of the planet Jupiter, producing the largest anticyclonic storm in the Solar System. It is the most recognizable feature on Ju
Donato Creti's 1711 painting "Jupiter", the first depiction of a large spot on Jupiter as red
A wide view of Jupiter and the Great Red Spot as seen from Voyager 1 in 1979
Size of the Earth compared to the Great Red Spot
Winds in the Great Red Spot as analyzed from Hubble's data. In the false-color image at right, red indicates faster wind, blue indicates slower.
Jupiter
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Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun, and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass nearly 2.5 times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined and slightly le
Great Red Spot
…The Great Red Spot is a persistent high-pressure region in the atmosphere of the planet Jupiter, producing the largest anticyclonic storm in the Solar System. It is the most recognizable feature on Jupiter, owing to its red-orange color, whose…
Close-up of the Great Red Spot imaged by the Juno spacecraft in true colour. Due to the way Juno takes photographs, the stitched image has extreme barrel distortion.
The Galilean moons' effect on Jupiter's magnetosphere
Jupiter and four Galilean moons seen through an amateur telescope
Jupiter, taken in infrared light, showing its faint rings, along with two moons – Amalthea and Adrastea, auroras, and atmospheric features.