Welcome to Scratching the Surface with Caitlin Ahrens, the Pluto Manager at the University of Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Science.
Besides being the windiest planet in our solar system, Neptune also has seasons that last up to 40 years at a time. In July 2017 a large storm spot appeared near the planet's equator, the vortex of water vapor and methane grew to size as wide as Earth.
In this episode Caitlin unravels some of the mysteries surrounding the unusual and erratic weather patterns on the furthest planet from the Sun.
