Storms 100 kilometers tall on Jupiter
Jupiter’s raging thunderstorms a sign of ‘global upheaval’
New Scientist
David Shiga
January 23, 2008
Towering storms more than 100 kilometres tall have been
caught punching up through Jupiter’s cloud deck for the
first time, thanks to a series of Hubble Space Telescope
and ground-based observations. The rare storms - a sign of
recent turmoil on the planet - are helping scientists deduce
what lies hidden beneath the clouds that shroud the solar
system’s largest planet.
Full article plus HST images here:
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13217-jupiters-raging-thunderstorms-a-sign-of-global-upheaval.html