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[i]Pioneer 11 found that the planet's cloud tops are substantially lower at the poles than at the equator and are covered by a thicker but transparent atmosphere. Though there is much less evidence of rapid atmospheric circulation at the poles than at the equator, the polar areas unexpectedly showed many small convective cells, dwarfing similar Earth thunderstorms. Blue sky was also visible at the poles and is attributed to the same cause as Earth's blue skies - multiple molecule scattering of light by gases of the transparent atmosphere at Jupiter's poles.[/i]
[i]It's bluer in colour up there than other parts of the planet and there are a lot of storms. There is no sign of the latitudinal bands or zones and belts that we are used to...*[/i]
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