When the African smoke blows over the top of the white cloud deck, it absorbs some of the heat that the clouds would have reflected, which turns up the thermostat. (sciencemag.org)
These bright clouds are thought to be high above the main cloud deck, and above much of the absorbing methane gas. (hubble25th.org)
Cloud decks of Jupiter, showing the Great Red Spot and other circulation systems that will be probed with TMT. (tmt.org)