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A New Look at Saturn’s Northern Hexagon
Raw Cassini image captured on 26 Feb. 2013 (NASA/JPL/SSI)
Freshly delivered from Cassini’s wide-angle camera, this raw image gives us another look at Saturn’s north pole and the curious hexagon-shaped jet stream that encircles it, as well as the spiraling vortex of clouds at its center.
Back in November we got our first good look at Saturn’s north pole in years, now that Cassini’s orbit is once again taking it high over the ringplane. With spring progressing on Saturn’s northern hemisphere the upper latitudes are getting more and more sunlight — which stirs up storm activity in its atmosphere.
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© Jason Major for Universe Today, 2013. |
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2013-02-27 22:31:27
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/100355/a-new-look-at-saturns-northern-hexagon/
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