Jupiter looks striped due to its many complex and multidirectional atmospheric currents, Report informs, referring to RIA Novosti.
Jupiter’s atmosphere contains impurities that give it a color. Very complex atmospheric currents are observed in it. They are virtually similar to those on Earth, but on Jupiter, there are many such circulation cells.
That is why the planet is so striped, because each of the currents goes in different directions, and vortices similar to Earth’s cyclones and anticyclones are formed on their borders, scientists say.
The most famous of such vortices on the giant planet is the Great Red Spot, which, unlike cyclones on Earth, is very stable, and its lifetime is estimated at hundreds of years.