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Originally posted by jrmcleod
reply to post by Riffrafter
I'm sure i read somewhere that the giant "red" spot had vanished...hmmm, wonder if i can find a link!
ETA: Appears i was wrong, only a belt vanished...edit on 19/11/11 by jrmcleod because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by jrmcleod
reply to post by Riffrafter
I'm sure i read somewhere that the giant "red" spot had vanished...hmmm, wonder if i can find a link!
ETA: Appears i was wrong, only a belt vanished...edit on 19/11/11 by jrmcleod because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by PhoenixOD
Very cool indeed.
I noticed at 43 seconds into the video there seems to be a line of blurriness running from the top of the planet to the bottom. All the clouds seem slightly distorted along that line.
Originally posted by Saint Exupery
However, since this is taken from a single observatory (Pic du Midi, in France), the planet would set before the whole video could be taken
Originally posted by Threadfall
Does anyone know why we can't see any of the Galilean moons?
Originally posted by Saint Exupery
Wonderful!
You can see the clound-bands moving in relation to each other. The winds must be ferocious!
You're right about the Red Spot. Its color has been steadily fading for most of my life. When I was a kid in the early '70s it had a vivid brick-red hue.