Amazing pictures of Jupiters eternal storm

[Apocrypha]

http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002644/

The great never ending "red eye" storm is twice the size of Earth... amazing to make you realize even our local solar system is a place of wonders.

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by Apocrypha

http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002644/

The great never ending "red eye" storm is twice the size of Earth... amazing to make you realize even our local solar system is a place of wonders.

Wow!!

[Timmy]

I gotta throw in some controversy, so maybe this thread will take off.

The Red Spot has been there for at least 3 centuries, being first observed in 1664. So, do you think the Red Spot has been there ever since creation, 6000 years ago? If so, why did God set it in motion from the start? (It's a storm, with wind speeds of around 300 MPH.) If not, what got it started and why? Natural processes? What is Jupiter's purpose in creation, with its complex and violent weather, a bunch of moons, and even rings (which we didn't know about, until Voyager got close enough to see them in 1979)?