Jupiter is a giant ball of gas, and its weather is on a scale Earth could never support.
Nothing slows the wind
Without land or oceans to create friction, storms can keep going for a very long time.
A fast spin
A day on Jupiter lasts about ten hours, which stretches clouds into bands and powers huge jet streams.
The Great Red Spot
A storm wider than Earth that has been observed for centuries, slowly changing size.
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