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- The closeup of the Red Spot shows
- the intricate network of cloud
- patterns. It measures about
- 15000 miles long by 7000 miles
- wide and makes a complete
- rotation in 6 days. The red
- coloring is beleived to come
- from "phosphine" which
- rises to the top of the clouds
- and is then broken down into
- "red phosphorus-4".
-
- Note the white spot at the
- bottom. Numerous white spots
- are visible across the face
- of Jupiter as well as smaller,
- more short lived red spots.
-