Jupiter's missing stripe!

[johnmc9929]

Was wondering if anyone had noticed this article? Apparently Jupiter has lost one of it's belts!
science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/20may_loststripe/

[brianb]

Haven't seen Jupiter recently (in fact I haven't had a clear morning for ages) but Anthony Wesley reported this from Australia several weeks ago. The belt is in fact still there but it's very faint & the Great Red Spot is prominent. Jupiter is going to be interesting this year!