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    Storms on Jupiter are disturbing the Planet’s Colorful Belts

    August 23, 2019, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    ALMA’s view of Jupiter at radio wavelengths (top) and the Hubble Space Telescope’s view in visible light (bottom). The eruption in the South Equatorial Belt is visible in both images: a dark spot in radio, a bright spot in visible. (ALMA image by Imke de Pater and S. Dagnello; Hubble image courtesy of NASA)

    Radio, IR and optical observations show evolution of plumes and their impact on belts and zones. Storm clouds rooted deep in Jupiter’s atmosphere are affecting the planet’s white zones and colorful belts, creating disturbances in their flow and even changing their color.

    Thanks to coordinated observations of the planet in January 2017 by six ground-based optical and radio telescopes and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a University of California, Berkeley, astronomer and her ...

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