Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Jupiter is a fascinating planet, and the largest planet of our solar system. Dwarfing all other planets, Jupiter could fit 1321 Earths inside of it, and 3 Earths inside of its Great Red Spot. What is the great red spot? It’s a terrifyingly powerful storm, with up to 560000000 square km of raw destructive area. It’s been churning violently for at least 340 years, and it doesn’t look like stopping soon. It’s basically what happens when a hurricane get pissed off.
This isn’t the only one- the surface of Jupiter is filled with these incredible storms. Lightning like you’ve never seen is common for this planet. Cracks of breath-taking amounts of electricity riddle the skies of Jupiter, making it a planet of extreme chaos.
Above is a picture of two different views of Jupiter, both have flashes of lightning in them.
The picture in the top of the post is actually an important one, because before that one, high resolution images of this storm just weren’t possible. Technology has given us the ability to actually see one of these in all it’s glory, and that’s something to respect. Go humans.
I just wanted to post this astonishing picture to show people what kind of scale is outside our planet’s atmosphere. In space, planets move at immense speeds and produce incredible things. It seems like nothing is small in space, everything operates on a scale that we never see on our planet. For this reason, space is fascinating, because it also means there’s even more complexity and wonder than just what we find on our Earth. This storm on Jupiter is actually very complex and stable, even though it looks like a swirling vortex of death and horror, which is surprising. But there’s a lot about space that would surprise people, if they only cared to look.
