False-color image of Jupiter in UV, showing dark UV oval at south pole (IMAGE)
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An artificially colored view of Jupiter as seen in ultraviolet light. In addition to the Great Red Spot, which appears blue, another oval feature can be seen in the brown haze at Jupiter's south pole. The oval, an area of concentrated haze, is possibly the result of mixing generated by a vortex higher up in the planet's ionosphere. These dark UV ovals also appear periodically at the north pole, though less often.
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Troy Tsubota and Michael Wong, UC Berkeley
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