Some SEBZ disturbance does persist f. the GRS though Isao and Damian regard it as pale and inactive. It has grey filaments in contrast to the light yellow SEBZ everywhere else. The sector leading up to the main complex was passing the GRS in mid-July, and the images were very striking. Both EB and dfestoons are even broader than last apparition, diffuse and grey. The NEBs projections are large and dark.
Some streaks connect NEBn to NTBs displaying the shear across the zone.
There has been interest in the colour of the NTropZ since the last colour image in 2000 April showed a yellowish tint. It is still unclear whether yellow colour is an artefact of low resolution, or whether white colour is an artefact of image-processing. In most images, NTropZ appears white. Still a very dark massive belt. There are no conspicuous NTBs jetstream spots, but little humps may be the ones that have been tracked for 3 years.