UV Light Colors Great Red Spot

60-Second Space

Dec 1, 20141:37Religion & Spirituality

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is its particular crimson shade because of the interaction of ultraviolet light and specific chemical compounds in the gas giant's atmosphere. Lee Billings reports

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