A dynamic modern painting is occurring on Jupiter…
…plus the "Great Red Spot" is being challenged! imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in May 2008.
Jupiter's Great Red Spots,
Credit NASA,
ESA,
M. Wong, I. de Pater (UC Berkeley),
et al.
The Great Red Spot is a great anti-cyclonic (high pressure) storm akin to a hurricane on Earth, but it is enormous (three Earths would fit within its boundaries) and it has persisted for at least the 400 years that humans have observed it through telescopes.
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An upstart storm now (since 2006) rivals the gas giant Big Red Spot as king of storms. A third red spot has appeared alongside the Great Red Spot and Red Spot Jr. in the turbulent Jovian atmosphere.
NASA/ESA/U.C. Berkeley
Hello Lisa,
Sorry to drop by late…
I love this piece.
Lovely wave and upstart storm!
Such great contrast on the colours & style you have created..
Take care, I know you are busy out there!
Happy weekends in advance!
Great storm image. I kept a photo of a nebula on my computer for a long time. Every time I looked at it I would ponder how to paint it. I have never attempted it. Sigh…
Beautiful colors in here Lisa!! Swirly and wonderful!
what do you think the great red spot is? i had a dream the other night that a planet fell out of the sky; though I think it was mars. then today – the news of life inside a meteor… all fascinating.