more short-lived than the Great Red; several, however, have been going for decades.
Seen here is only the uppermost portion of the Jovian atmosphere, not the planetΓÇÖs surface. Actually, Jupiter does not have a ΓÇ£surfaceΓÇ¥ as Earth does. The Earth is a nearly spherical globe of liquid and solid material, the top, solid layer of which we call its surface. The EarthΓÇÖs surface is surrounded by a thin, gaseous atmosphere. Jupiter, on the other hand, consists mostly of gas, ice particles, fluids, and a relatively small solid core of heavier elements. Although JupiterΓÇÖs core is 10 to 15 times larger than the EarthΓÇÖs, it represents less than 5 percent of the planetΓÇÖs overall mass.
