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Finding the Great Dark Spot

  • February 13, 2015
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Jupiter’s ongoing storm, the Great Red Spot, stays in one place. But Neptune’s “Great Dark Spot” is actually many spots that have formed in different areas since Voyager 2 first showed us one in 1989. They might be storms, but they could also be holes in Neptune’s atmosphere. (Image: Voyager 2)

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