The big storm in the middle of the photograph is Jupiter’s Little Red Spot, which has been steadily growing in size and deepening in colour over the last few years. Another, even smaller storm is below and to the right.
Scientists aren’t sure why the spot turned red in colour, but they think that the storm has gotten so large that it’s dredging up material from deeper down in the planet’s atmosphere.
Original Source: NASA/JHUAPL News Release
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