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The Great Red Spot is changing

NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt /Seán Doran

The giant Jupiter anticyclone, first observed in 1870 was large enough to swallow four Earths.  It has been shrinking by about 230 km per year, but getting taller.  It is also losing some of its red.

via Jupiter’s Great Red Spot keeps getting less great and less red | New Scientist.

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