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Hubble Discovers Dark Spot on Uranus
TheDawgLives writes "Just as we near the end of the hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean, winds whirl and clouds churn 2 billion miles away in the atmosphere of Uranus, forming a dark vortex large enough to engulf two-thirds of the United States."
I challenge anybody to post a +5 Insightful comment about this story. It can't be done!
Don't worry, your post will get there. I admit I burst out laughing as soon as I read the headline but if you want something mildly insightful I might as well fill in something while I have the time.
Is it any surprise that there's a dark spot on Uranus? Jupiter has a couple of huge cyclones raging on in there, so does Saturn. Both the planet's black spots are bigger than Uranus' anyway. Uranus is a gas giant, since there's going to be some wind going on there I'm not exactly shocked that huge cyclones have formed.
Enormous cyclones I think are just a side-effect of gas giants. I don't think it's anything to get excited about.
Isaac Asimov pointed out that the pronunciation 'urinous' is not really an improvemnet.
The latest Slashdot meme.
It is impressive that even with the feeble solar energy it receives there is still enough to power massive cyclones.
It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning