Small Dark Spot

Small Dark Spot

The Small Dark Spot, sometimes also called Dark Spot 2 or The Wizard's Eye, was a southern cyclonic storm on the planet Neptune. It was the second most intensive storm on the planet in 1989, when Voyager 2 flew by the planet.

ee also

*Extraterrestrial cyclone
*Oval BA
*Great Dark Spot
*Dragon Storm (astronomy)


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