[ohio_eric]

Jupiter cloud belt missing again, scientists say - CNN.com

This is what makes observing Jupiter so awesome. Sure this an extreme example, but Jupiter can change a lot from night to night and sometimes from hour to hour. Jupiter and its moons, especially the Galilean satellites, are just amazing to study and observe.

 

[Leon]

:leon:

 

[sami]

PHOTOSHOPPED.





j/k

 

[Reverend 7 Strings of Hate]

I think one of the cool things is that it disappeared behind the sun for a month or so, then it reappeared with out the band. So that had to happen in the span of a month!

 

[noodles]

Whoa, isn't that the band that the great red spot is a part of? I want to see what effect it had on the spot.

 

[Kim]

 

[budda]

that picture is INSANE.

 

[Naren]

Yeah, the storms and clouds on Jupiter last WAYYYYY longer than they do on Earth. Sometimes for hundreds of years. But they aren't permanent like a lot of "average Joes" think. There have been so many cool changes to Jupiter that it's just fascinating to watch. :agreed:

 

[The Dark Wolf]

Coriolis forces are a substantial part of creating the banding. Same here on good ol' Terra - tropical easterlies, temperate westerlies, polar easterlies, etc.

They think this could be a high atmospheric level (but relatively thin) ammonia cloud, covering the SEB.