Satellite picture of the “hexagon on Saturn” – it is a hexagon twice as wide as Earth around Saturn’s north pole. First observed by the Voyager 1 probe in the 1980s, the hexagon has been sighted still by the Cassini probe (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today, I’d just like to share a couple of links to some amazing pictures. The first two are a selection of 100 photos from the National Geographic Photo Contest 2012, courtesy of The Atlantic:
There are some incredible photos there. I encourage you to take a look.
The other photos that caught my eye are courtesy of Universe Today: images of Saturn’s North Pole taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.
The most amazing to me is the last one, the color composite of the stable hexagonal cyclone around Saturn’s North Pole. Continue reading
