Jupiter’s Red Spot is Likely a Sunburn, Not a Blush

Jupiter's red spot
November 11, 2014
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/ Space Science Institute
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Research suggests effects of sunlight produce the color of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The feature's clouds are much higher than those elsewhere on the planet, and its vortex nature confines the reddish particles once they form.