Comments on: Jupiter’s Red Spot chews up and spits out a storm

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Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:24:48 +0000

[...] great Dissappearing-Reapprearing Little Red Spot Act by Jupiter’s Great Red Spot at the beginning of July made [...]

By: Hunabku

Hunabku — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:25:05 +0000

Silly to compare the GRS to storms on earth – it is a much different phenomena. On the surface it would seem to be related to Coriolis spin effects, which scientist factor into the dynamics of plasma on the surface of the sun.

This may be the case, but plasma movement on the surface of the sun, sun spots and GRS are likely linked to dynamics deep within the core and perhaps all the way to the center of the objects. At the center i tend to believe a new hypothesis that places a black hole at the center of Jupiter, the Sun and even the earth – spinning at light speed in a viscous environment these black holes power such phenomena such as sun spots, GSR and even volcanic hotspots on our planet.

By: Aido

Aido — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:27:59 +0000

That short story was also co-opted into a chapter in the 2nd or 3rd book of the “2001″ series.

Amazing pictures, hard to believe they are near true colour.

By: Justin Watts

Justin Watts — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:10:03 +0000

Dang if only we had a spot like that to chew up hurricanes!
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By: hdr

hdr — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:41:50 +0000

Wow, space is amazing…in another life I would wish to have been an astronaut.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:21:13 +0000

Michael L – also in one of the 2001 books (i think 2010 or 2061, but dont quote me on that)he makes reference to the huge gasbags and their predators living high in Jupiter atmosphere – was just after Floyd became part of the monolith i think (while he was still alive elsewhere)

By: Michael L

Michael L — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:26:16 +0000

Phillip, That’s the one! Thanks! I need to find that.