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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Oct 27 2007, 11:05 PM
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Good image. Ditto the animation. I am guessing the animation sequence was in chronological order. I imagine the effect may be a little more dramatic if the sequence were in reverse order.
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Jul 17 2008, 09:36 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
There's a nice new narrow-angle set of the south polar vortex, including some RGB data. I tried to composite it to get an approx. natural color shot, despite the large contrast stretch applied to raw images. I based the color balance on the above VIMS view. I think the cloud ring visible in the NAC view is the innermost one in the VIMS view.
Click image to enlarge. The contrast is probably still a bit too high, but I didn't want to wash out all detail. -------------------- |
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