They Lied!....Jupiter's loss of stripe is NOT common, it's a "BIG EVENT",..."NOT EXPLAINABLE..."!!! spaceweather!

Woohoo, common sense has entered the house!

Keep up the great effort!

Assuming this change has to do with gravity is ASSUMING that gravity is the predominant force at work in the Universe when it CLEARLY IS NOT!

Electricity in space plays a far greater role than gravity ever will..

Plasma Cosmology. Google it and wake up.

Thanks! We used to run a planetarium program about pioneer and voyager at the public observatory I worked at. When this story appeared I instantly remembered seeing those old, old pictures of Jupiter from the program showing the red spot without the southern equatorial band. Sure enough, a quick google search confirmed it.

Astronut, do you know when the first instance of the disappearing ring occurred? I've yet to see/find the "first" instance of the missing ring.

This thread would be greatly enhanced by the following photo if someone can embed it...
[link to science.nasa.gov]

Wow.. the huge storm used to be A LOT bigger than it is now.

The entire solar system is changing. Earth as well. Call it warming or whatever you want. It all has to do with the end of the cycle in 2012 and ascension.

That's a good question. The problem is that really good astrophotography of the planets is a relatively new phenomenon. I have some old prints of planets taken by professional observatories 50 years ago and they're frankly a joke compared to what most amateurs can achieve today ('lucky imaging' techniques didn't exist back then and film was generally much slower than a modern CCD). I'm sure there are plenty of sketches from visual observations going back for centuries, but those are not as easy to access by simple googling.

SOLAR FILAMENT: The sun may be spotless today, but it certainly is not blank. A long dark magnetic filament is looping around the northeastern limb, stretching almost 100,000 km from end to end:

Long, bushy filaments like this have been known to grow unstable and erupt, producing a type of spotless flare called a "Hyder flare." If that happens now, Earth would likely feel some effects from the blast because the filament is turning to face our planet. Readers with solar telescopes are encouraged to monitor developments.

[link to spaceweather.com]

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Last Edited by Astromut on 05/20/2010 02:33 PM

One scientist has told TheWeatherSpace.com that he believes it is not just subject to Jupiter. He believes it is a solar system wide event in which it has to do with material in the solar system, possibly the sun magnetic field effects.

[link to www.theweatherspace.com]

lol, he showed up 4 minutes after you posted...good guess!

:O

Get Right with the Lord...

Looks more and more like the end of days, as in The Last Day.

As it is written.

Just to embed this as well, Jupiter in 1973 as seen by pioneer 10

It's really cool to me that amateur images today exceed the quality of space probe images from 37 years ago.

Once again trying to hide facts from the masses!
When this was first reported, I took it as DEFINITIVE proof that the changes Earth is facing is not just our change but a solar system change.
Then they say, "oh, this is normal" about every 15 years it changes.
And I'm thinking.. REALLY...In all my 40 years, of school, of observation, and looking at all our old school text books(We home school). The face has always remained the same in my lifetime.
The face of Jupiter remained the same.
Even after the comet impact. Besides the obvious, and expected changes due to the impact.

Pray fir the best, prepare for the worst!

You didnt post that at 2:22 for no reason..


And the time aint 20:12 here for that same reason ;)

Oh really? So I just "imagined" running a planetarium show years ago that showed Jupiter without the south equatorial belt from 1973? Sorry, but your textbooks are not proof that pioneer 10's pictures are fake. Those pictures have been around for decades. Jupiter's appearance is constantly changing, though usually more subtly. Storms come and go, I've watched it myself for years.
Jupiter in 2009:
[link to farm4.static.flickr.com]
Jupiter in 2008:
[link to farm4.static.flickr.com]

LOL good one

What is the black dot in the photo? Maybe that is planet X!!!

I thought Jupiter is a hologram, maybe its blinky lights that give it that belt are burnt out. Oh look at he moon tonight it is really a ship, stop and wave hi to Jesus.

Or maybe one of Jupiter's moons!!!

A shadow from a transit of one of Jupiter's moons. You can see that from earth all the time (freaked me out the first time I saw it though since I didn't know what it was). Here's an example from 2007:
[link to farm2.static.flickr.com]
That's Ganymede (the bright dot) casting a shadow back on the planet.

Could just be due to its travel through space. Nothing to marvel about. It's interesting.

Nancy would finally be able to say told you so bitches!

Not really worthy of a pin considering this is quite a regular occurance (contrary to the header of this thread) on the galactic scale of things.

me too.. it was amazing.

JUPITER IGNITION!!!!1!!11!

and so it begins

because jupiter's cloud structure is CONSTANTLY CHANGING!!!

next up .....

WHY THE RED SPOT'S GONE FOREVER!!!!!!!!