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Jupiter's Great Red Spot

by

Nasa/JPL/Novapix

Reference

a-jup05-00001

Date

2006-10-01

This view of Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a mosaic of two images taken by the Galileo spacecraft. The image was created using two filters, violet and near-infrared, at each of two camera positions. The Great Red Spot is a storm in Jupiter's atmosphere and is at least 300 years-old. Winds blow counterclockwise around the GreatRed Spot at about 400 kilometers per hour (250 miles per hour). The image was taken on June 26, 1996.