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                              2020 September 10
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                          Jupiter's Swmimming Storm
                 Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Andy Casely

   Explanation: A bright storm head with a long turbulent wake swims
   across Jupiter in these sharp telescopic images of the [5]Solar
   System's ruling gas giant. Captured on August 26, 28, and September 1
   (left to right) the storm approximately doubles in length during that
   period. Stretching along the jetstream of the planet's [6]North
   Temperate Belt it travels eastward in successive frames, passing the
   Great Red Spot and whitish Oval BA, famous storms in Jupiter's southern
   hemisphere. Galilean moons Callisto and Io are caught in the middle
   frame. In fact, telescopic skygazers [7]following Jupiter in planet
   Earth's night have reported dramatic [8]fast moving storm outbreaks
   over the past few weeks in [9]Jupiter's North Temperate Belt.

                 Tomorrow's picture: Moon occults Mars again
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