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[QUOTE="1oldman2, post: 5530619, member: 578406"] This is some interesting "space & stuff", the theory on the cause is great reading, some fascinating physics going on there. from, [URL]http://www.nasa.gov/feature/jupiter-s-great-red-spot-likely-a-massive-heat-source[/URL] NASA's Juno spacecraft , which recently arrived at Jupiter, will have several opportunities during its 20-month mission to observe the Great Red Spot and the turbulent region surrounding it. Juno will peer hundreds of miles downward into the atmosphere with its microwave radiometer, which passively senses heat coming from within the planet. This capability will enable Juno to reveal the deep structure of the Great Red Spot, along with other prominent Jovian features, such as the colorful cloud bands. The study, in the July 27 issue of the journal Nature, concludes that the storm in the Great Red Spot produces two kinds of turbulent energy waves that collide and heat the upper atmosphere. Gravity waves are much like how a guitar string moves when plucked, while acoustic waves are compressions of the air (sound waves). Heating in the upper atmosphere 500 miles (800 kilometers) above the Great Red Spot is thought to be caused by a combination of these two wave types crashing, like ocean waves on a beach. [URL]http://www.space.com/33551-jupiter-heats-up-great-red-spot.html[/URL] [URL]http://www.space.com/33566-jupiter-s-great-red-spot-blasting-heat-into-upper-atmosphere-video.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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