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The Shrinking Giant Red Spot of Jupiter

Posted by samzenpus on from the getting-small dept.

schwit1 (797399) writes "Jupiter's trademark Great Red Spot — a swirling storm feature larger than Earth — is shrinking. This downsizing, which is changing the shape of the spot from an oval into a circle, has been known about since the 1930s, but now these striking new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope images capture the spot at a smaller size than ever before."

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  1. Re:Global warming by scsirob · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'm sure they'll invent a 'save the red spot, pay up' tax soon.

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    To Terminate, or not to Terminate, that's the question - SCSIROB
  2. Climate Change is Real by buybuydandavis · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    We're raping another planet now. We're EVIL.

  3. Re:Global warming by ThatsNotPudding · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Must be global warming...

    Thanks, Obama!