<blockquote id="quote"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Astrodelugeologist</i>
<br />Are you saying that the Great Red Spot and other spots are storms situated on top of floating impact debris?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">Yes, they are zones of turbulence caused by impact debris blocking heat flow from the interior, which is known to be greater than heat coming in from the Sun.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Also, what do you think is the source of the red coloration?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">I haven't looked at the chemistry. But with a cool zone located over the impact debris, the dominant elements are sure to be different than those in the warmer surroundings. Perhaps some of the reddish ejecta from Io's volcanoes is responsible because it can sink everywhere except over the impact debris. -|Tom|-
