Jupiter's Third Red Spot

Jupiter's Great Red Spot, the solar system's largest (and longest-lived) storm, was joined by another in 2006, dubbed Red Spot Junior. Now a third red spot near the first two has been photographed by the Hubble space telescope. This is a storm about half the size of Earth. Here's a photo of the new storm (it's the one on the left). From New Scientist: "No one knows for sure what gives the three spots their red color. But one theory is that especially violent storms dredge up material from deeper in Jupiter's atmosphere, such as phosphorus-containing molecules, which undergo chemical reactions that turn them red when exposed to sunlight."

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Re:I see what YOU did there

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The GP was not humorous. It was simply insulting, and in a completely derivative way. It's like the whole Clinton blowjob thing, it's been done to death, okay? Yes, we get it, you think people who believe in global warming are stupid.

1.) Earth is warming much, much faster than other planets.

2.) Venus isn't warming.

3.) The amount of warming on Earth can not be explained by increased solar activity.

4.) The fact is not unknown, it is accounted for, and this fact is what is not known by idiot deniers.

5.) The discrepancy between earthly warming and extraterrestrial warming is glossed over entirely by deniers because it would "damage the cause."

You have obviously already made up your mind about global warming, and no amount of evidence will sway you. Your biased mindset causes you to jump down the throat of anyone who presents an opinion different than yours. It also causes you to think that juvenile insults and cheap shots are "humorous."