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What are those white ovals all over Jupiter? Storms! Jupiter [ http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/jupiter.html ]'s clouds [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960803.html ] can swirl rapidly in raised high-pressure storm systems [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap961127.html ] that circle the planet. The above pictured [ http://galileo.ivv.nasa.gov/europa/p48952.html ] white ovals are located near the Great Red Spot [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960827.html ], and have persisted on Jupiter [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/jupiter.html ] since the 1930s. The Great Red Spot [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960802.html ] has persisted for at least 300 years. Currently, no one knows why ovals last as long as they do. White ovals are confined to circular belts [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970310.html ] around Jupiter [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/jupiterfact.html ], but can interact to cause nearby chaotic cloud regions.
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