Thursday, December 10, 2009

Guessing game


If you haven't seen this somewhere on the Internet, try to guess what it is.

Give up?

Well, it's a composite image from Cassini of the "hexagon" atmospheric circulation pattern at Saturn's north pole, now visible in visible light, because it was in darkness for 15 years due to the Saturn light-dark cycle.

More info here:


Saturn's Mysterious Hexagon Emerges from Winter Darkness

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