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ocky, dusty, dry planet. The sky would be hazy and red instead of blue like it ishere on earth. Sometimes giant dust storms cover the whole planet!JUPITER is the fifth planet from our Sun. It is the biggest planet in our solarsystem. More than 1,300 Earths could fit inside Jupiter. Jupiter would not be anice place to visit because it is just a giant ball of gas. Any spacecraft - or person -passing through the colorful clouds would be crushed and melted. On Jupiter, thepressure is so strong that it squishes gas into liquid. Jupiter's atmosphere cancrush a metal spaceship like a paper cup.Jupiter's stripes and swirls are cold, windy clouds of ammonia and water. Its GreatRed Spot is a giant storm as wide as three Earths. This storm has lasted hundredsof years. Jupiter's atmosphere is poisonous, composed mostly of hydrogen andhelium. There is also dangerous radiation, and it gets very hot and very cold. Talkabout bad weather!Jupiter has its own 'mini solar system' of 61 moons and three rings, but they arevery hard to see.SATURN is the sixth planet from our Sun and is the second largest planet in thesolar system. Saturn has the most spectacular rings of any planet in the solarsystem. It is often called the “jewel of the solar system” because of its beautifulrings. They are made of billions of small chunks of ice and rock. The chunks can beas small as a grain of sugar or as big as a house.Saturn is a lot like Jupiter. It is made up mostly of gas, including hydrogen, heliumand methane. It doesn't have a solid surface. Saturn has clouds, stripes, andstorms like Jupiter, but they are harder to see. The clouds we see are mostlyyellow and white. A person dropping through the icy clouds would be crushed by thepressure, which is so powerful it squeezes gas into liquid. Even a metal spacecraftwould be smashed! Saturn has at least 31 moons.URANUS (pronounced YOOR un nus) is the seventh planet from our Sun. It is thethird largest planet in our solar system. Uranus is very cold, windy and, like most ofthe other planets, poisonous to humans. It is a gas planet like Jupiter, Saturn, andNeptune. A person or spacecraft diving through Uranus' clouds would be crushedby the pressure.Prepared by NSF North Mississippi GK-8 Project 5