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Saturn's hexagon was discovered during the Voyager mission in 1981, and was later revisited by Cassini-Huygens in 2006. During the Cassini mission, the hexagon changed from a mostly blue color to more of a golden color. Saturn's south pole does not have a hexagon, as verified by Hubble observations.
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.
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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The Grand Canyon in Arizona is one of Earth's natural wonders, carved out over millions of years by the gradual erosion power of the Colorado River. Close to the moon's south pole are two canyons ...
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 ...
The bright orange feature near the center in the top-right of the image is the Dragon Storm. The Dragon Storm is a giant thunderstorm located in Saturn's southern hemisphere, which is labeled as the "storm alley" region. The storm could have a range of 2,000 miles (3,200 km) or more, and can be compared to the electric thunderstorms of Earth.