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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. #bringbackourspot by T.E.D. · · Score: 0, Troll

    Next we'll see pictures of a whole bunch of different celebrities holding up white cards with #bringbackourspot written on them.

    My first guess would be Madonna, since her cheek seems to have lost a spot sometime around 1992. Also, Lady Gaga seems to keep losing hers and finding it again on another part of her face. So they can empathize.