Weirdness on Saturn

grimmy

3-29-2007 4:41 PM

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(<A href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=2354">picture</A>)
were not dramatic enough, the north pole seems determined to steal the
thunder.  A bizarre hexagon-shaped feature was observed surrounding the pole that has
scientists scratching their heads.  The press release at
<A href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=735">Jet Propulsion
Laboratory</A> (JPL) states that the structure, unique in the solar system, is a long-lived feature. 
It’s not just a shallow cloud formation, either; the hexagonal shape extends 60 miles
deep into the atmosphere.  How such a shape could form and endure in a fluid is a new
and unexpected puzzle to solve.  Watch this
<A href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/videos/video-details.cfm?videoID=152">short video</A>
of the hexagon in motion.
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