This large brown oval, photographed on Mar. 2, 1979 by NASA Voyager 1. Features of this sort are not rare on Jupiter and have an average lifetime of one to two years. Above the feature is the pale orange North Temperate Belt. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00015
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NASA ID
PIA00015
Date Created
January 29, 1996
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
Early Voyager 1 Images of Jupiter
Sep 26, 1996