Jupiter's Mysterious Red Spot Glows White - The Biggest Storm in Our Solar System (+Video)

Jupiter’s ‘Great Red Spot’ has been turned white in a stunning new infrared image of our solar system’s largest storm.

The Jovian storm is believed to have a lifetime of 300 to 400 years and has winds screaming at hundreds of miles per hour.

.Infrared images such as this can cut through the gas and dust captured in visible light photos 

The image, released by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, also shows Jupiter’s moon, Ganymede in the upper right appearing as three coloured dots. 

The effect is due to the fact Ganymede moved during the time required to take the three separate colour images.

The image was taken by a camera mounted on the Subaru Telescope, a 27ft (8.2 metre) instrument located atop Mauna Kea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island.

The Great Red Spot seen in this image has baffled astronomers for years, and the cause of its has remained a mystery.

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Image credit: NAOZ / JAXA / Tohoku University