Monster storm on Saturn |
Monster storm on Saturn |
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Nov 9 2006, 07:09 PM
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http://ciclops.org/view_event.php?id=57
A hurricane-like whirlpool with a well-developed eye ringed by towering clouds, a phenomenon never before seen on another planet, has been sighted by multiple Cassini instruments at Saturn's south pole. |
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Jul 19 2008, 10:18 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
That's a beauty indeed, Gordan!
Trying to remember the scale here in NASA "big-as" terms so I can wow my co-workers with this on Monday. IIRC, the entire vortex is about the same size as the diameter of the Earth? If so, those subsidiary hurricane-like storms are pretty honkin' big as well... -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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