Hubble Space Telescope image (top) shows the aftermath of a merger of two Jovian "white oval" storms on Jupiter, creating a storm nearly the size of Earth. The bottom panel displays Galileo spacecraft temperature data, showing the new storm as a cooler, dark feature.

Astronomy Picture from 22/10/1998

Jupiter: When Storms Collide

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap981022.html


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