This
mosaic of the Great
Red Spot shows that the region has changed significantly since the Voyager
1 encounter. Around the northern boundary a white cloud is seen, which extends
to east of the region. The presence of this cloud prevents small cloud vortices
from circling the spot in the manner seen in the Voyager 1 encounter. Another
white oval cloud (different from the one present in this position three
months ago) is seen south of the Great Red Spot. The internal structure
of these spots is identical. Since they both rotate in an anticyclonic manner
these observations indicate that they are meteorologically similar. This
image was taken on July 6 from a range of 2,633,003 kilometers. |
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