“It looks like we’re capturing the demise of this dark vortex, and it’s different from what well-known studies led us to expect.” - Michael H. Wong, University of California at Berkeley.
“We have no evidence of how these vortices are formed or how fast they rotate.” - Agustín Sánchez-Lavega, University of the Basque Country in Spain.
"We thought that once the vortex got too close to the equator, it would break up and perhaps create a spectacular outburst of cloud activity.” - Michael H. Wong, University of California at Berkeley.