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Saturn's Hexagon Comes to Light, APOD January 22, 2012; In the Center of Saturn's North Polar Vortex, Astronomy Picture of the Day – December 4, 2012; Video of hexagon's rotation from NASA; NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Obtains Best Views of Saturn Hexagon (December 4, 2013) Animated vortex view (TPS) Hexagon image; Saturn's Hexagon Replicated In ...
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A global storm girdles the planet in 2011. The storm passes around the planet, such that the storm's head (bright area) passes its tail. Saturn's atmosphere exhibits a banded pattern similar to Jupiter's, but Saturn's bands are much fainter and are much wider near the equator. The nomenclature used to describe these bands is the same as on Jupiter.
A NASA spacecraft recently noticed that the appearance of Saturn’s north pole has undergone a mysterious change over the last several years. NASA spots mysterious change in Saturn's hexagon Skip ...
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Located at 52.5°N and expanded until it reached the hexagon. [5] Mid-sized synoptic-scale storms are sometimes related to the GWS. Such as the 1994 storm studied by ground-based observers and the Hubble Space Telescope. [7] This storm was located at 9.4°N and is probably related to the 1990 GWS.
The ominous eye of Hurricane Milton is visible in stunning detail from outer space in a timeplapse video released Tuesday by NASA.. From 275 miles above Earth, the powerful storm can be seen ...
Saturn's Great White Spot, imaged by NASA's Cassini Spacecraft in 2011 False color image of the Dragon Storm, imaged by Cassini. Every Saturn year, about 28 Earth years, Saturn has massive planet-circling storms, called Great White Spots. The Great White Spots are short-lived but can impact the atmosphere and temperature of the planet for up to ...