A storm on Saturn, bigger than the Earth

[LongTomH]

From my favorite science blogger, Phil Plait: A Saturnian storm larger than worlds:

A couple of weeks ago, amateur astronomers discovered a new storm erupting on Saturn. The accomplished astrophotographer Anthony Wesley got pictures of it, and I wondered to myself when Cassini would snap some shots. Turns out, I didn’t have to wait long! The spacecraft took images of the planet on December 24th, returning — as usual — jaw-dropping pictures of Saturn showing the storm:

The image above was taken with a blue filter which brings out details of the storm system. The image below is taken with infrared filters which emphasize methane gas in Saturn's atmosphere:



More information at the Bad Astronomy blog.

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[Dogtown]

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[shraby]

4. I enjoy seeing these kinds of pictures. Thanks a lot!!

[YankeyMCC]

5. And we in the US North East thought we just had a big storm

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Seriously though, thanks for sharing this, it is truly - I don't even want to pick a word but lets go with astounding to consider the scale of this and the terrible beauty of it.