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==Other planets== {{Main|Extraterrestrial vortex}} [[File:Mars cyclone.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Cyclone on Mars, imaged by the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]]] [[File:Jupiter North Pole - PJ28-12 - Detail (50199724973).png|thumb|right|350px|Several cyclones on the dynamic north pole of [[Jupiter]], imaged by [[Juno (spacecraft)|Juno]]]] Cyclones are not unique to Earth. Cyclonic storms are common on [[giant planet]]s, such as the [[Small Dark Spot]] on [[Neptune]].<ref>{{cite web |title=TCFAQ H6) Are there hurricanes on other planets ? |url=https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/H6.html#:~:text=Subject%3A%20H6)%20Are%20there%20hurricanes%20on%20other%20planets%20%3F&text=There%20are%20no%20other%20planets,and%20Saturn%20exhibits%20such%20storms. |website=www.aoml.noaa.gov |access-date=13 January 2021 |archive-date=19 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319065453/https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/H6.html#:~:text=Subject%3A%20H6)%20Are%20there%20hurricanes%20on%20other%20planets%20%3F&text=There%20are%20no%20other%20planets,and%20Saturn%20exhibits%20such%20storms. |url-status=live }}</ref> It is about one third the diameter of the [[Great Dark Spot]] and received the nickname "Wizard's Eye" because it looks like an eye. This appearance is caused by a white cloud in the middle of the Wizard's Eye.<ref name="WIZ"/> [[Mars]] has also exhibited cyclonic storms.<ref name="Brand">{{cite web|author=David Brand|url=http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/May99/mars.cyclone.deb.html|title=Colossal cyclone swirling near Martian north pole is observed by Cornell-led team on Hubble telescope|access-date=2008-06-15|date=1999-05-19|publisher=[[Cornell University]]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613133949/http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/May99/mars.cyclone.deb.html |archive-date = June 13, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jovian storms like the [[Great Red Spot]] are usually mistakenly named as giant hurricanes or cyclonic storms. However, this is inaccurate, as the Great Red Spot is, in fact, the inverse phenomenon, an [[anticyclone]].<ref name="HaydPlan">{{cite web |title = Jupiter's Great Red Spot |year = 2009 |author = Ellen Cohen |publisher = Hayden Planetarium |url = http://haydenplanetarium.org/resources/ava/page/index.php?file=P0413jupispot |access-date = 2007-11-16 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070808130633/http://haydenplanetarium.org/resources/ava/page/index.php?file=P0413jupispot |archive-date = 2007-08-08 }}</ref>
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