Violent Polar Cyclones on Saturn Imaged in Unprecedented Detail by Cassini


	Violent Polar Cyclones on Saturn Imaged in Unprecedented Detail by Cassini

tabsey

10-15-2008 6:01 AM

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tabsey says:

Amazing photos. Couple more at the source.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2786dbbf-87db-4eae-bd42-066d07c7a0f3/E3094073-89A8-4F84-AAE4-DB929EBC6877/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/13/violent-polar-cyclones-on-saturn-imaged-in-unprecidented-detail-by-cassini/" href="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/13/violent-polar-cyclones-on-saturn-imaged-in-unprecidented-detail-by-cassini/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.universetoday.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/13/violent-polar-cyclones-on-saturn-imaged-in-unprecidented-detail-by-cassini/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.universetoday.com/img/C9835CED-E099-4683-9A54-F39DAA0FF9AE" alt="These two infrared images of Saturn show the entire south polar region with the hurricane-like vortex in the center. The top image shows the polar region in false color, with red, green, and blue depicting the appearance of the pole in three different near-infrared colors (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/13/violent-polar-cyclones-on-saturn-imaged-in-unprecidented-detail-by-cassini/"><P>The Cassini mission has released some of the most detailed images of Saturn's poles yet, revealing vast cyclones churning up the gas giant's atmosphere in the north and south. These observations show very similar storms to the south pole observations <A href="http://www.universetoday.com/2006/11/10/a-huge-storm-on-saturns-south-pole/">imaged by the NASA spacecraft in 2006</A>, only in far better detail. It is believed the north and south cyclones are generated by violent thunderstorms deep inside Saturn's atmosphere; water condensing inside these storms output heat, fuelling the vortex extending 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometres) in diameter. The smallest features resolved are 120 kilometre (75 mile)-wide cumulus clouds rotating at velocities in excess of 325 mph (530 kph), more than twice the wind speed possible on <A rel="external" title="" class="alinks_links" href="http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/earth/">Earth</A>…</p> <P>…<EM>and the mystery north pole hexagon is still there</EM>.
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