Jupiter loses one of its stripes and scientists are stumped as to why

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Jupiter has lost one of its iconic red stripes and scientists are baffled as to why.
The largest planet in our solar system is usually dominated by two dark bands in its atmosphere, with one in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern hemisphere.
However, the most recent images taken by amateur astronomers have revealed the lower stripe known as the Southern Equatorial Belt has disappeared leaving the southern half of the planet looking unusually bare.
The band was present in at the end of last year before Jupiter ducked behind the Sun on its orbit. However, when it emerged three months later the belt had disappeared


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  • There is nothing like laughing at people who call others idiots then spell idiot wrong.

  • Very interestind the week of may 19-26 2010 i was expierencing munipulating the mourning sunlight

    and sun set

    i could build up enough energy to flicker the sun light on and off, even recorded it on my comupter

    -Long Island ny

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  • WHICH scientists are stumped by this? if you need attention, just go kill someone's dog or something. quit spreading ignorance.

  • its just jupiters clouds and what does this prove anything about 2012

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  • @BrAdEnSB666 Yep: no earthquakes, no volcanoes exploding and blanketing Europe, no hexagon appeared on Saturn's scalp, no tens of thousands of UFOs being seen every year, no parents abusing their children to the extreme and murdering them, no bizarre asteroid has been seen, no Mars missions to Phobos have repeatedly failed, no massive tsunamis wiping anyone out, no mass deaths of birds or seals, nothing strange has been happening lately. Really? You've really been missing all this?

  • @BrAdEnSB666 Look up signs of the last days, or read the Bible. That is why to you my comment seems strange: because you're ignorant regarding Christianity.

  • @ShazamVanBane Jesus? Really dude? Really?

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