The Great Red Spot has been compared to a terrestrial hurricane with winds blowing in excess of several hundred miles per hour. Its long life has been attributed to its giant size. Jupiter possesses many smaller whitish ovals that are now also considered to be hurricanes. These smaller hurricanes are often cannibalized by larger hurricanes or meld into each other. It appears as if Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is the winning storm, since it has been continuously observed with telescopes for the past 350 years. Saturn, Neptune, and Earth also contain these types of storms. On Neptune, the Great Dark Spot was the most prominent hurricane feature visible when Voyager 2 flew past the planet in 1989. It appears as if Neptune’s and Saturn’s spots come and go in a similar fashion to the hurricane activity on Earth. Terrestrial hurricanes are easily visible from space.