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Saturn's mysterious hexagonal storm gets its moment in the sun: Stunning new Cassini image...
dailymail.co.uk ^
| 05/08/2017
Posted on 05/09/2017 11:44:45 AM PDT by BenLurkin
'The region, in shadow for the first part of the Cassini mission, now enjoys full sunlight, which enables Cassini scientists to directly image it in reflected light.'
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'Around it swirl the clouds, driven by the fast winds of Saturn.'
Although the poles of Saturn are at the center of all of this motion, not everything travels around them in circles.
Some of the jet-stream patterns, such as the hexagon-shaped pattern seen here, have wavy, uneven shapes.
The famous hexagon shape itself circumscribes the northern polar vortex – seen as a dark spot at the planet’s pole in the above image – which is understood to be the eye of a hurricane-like storm.
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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: saturn
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posted on
05/09/2017 11:44:45 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Cue Richard C. Hoagland on NASA coverups.
To: BenLurkin
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A hexagon is natural stress distribution.
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posted on
05/09/2017 11:58:08 AM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: BenLurkin
There’s somethin’ happenin’ here...
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posted on
05/09/2017 12:01:04 PM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: editor-surveyor
Maybe that’s why honey bees make their comb in that shape? Because it’s stronger?
To: BenLurkin
There are wargamers on Saturn?
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posted on
05/09/2017 12:10:03 PM PDT
by
GreenLanternCorps
(Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
To: BenLurkin
SATURN! “Dressed to kill by Cassini”. (I stole that from an old, OLD Mat Helm movie from fifty years ago)
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posted on
05/09/2017 12:10:26 PM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(That's my story and I'm sticking to it!)
To: MUDDOG
There’s somethin’ happenin’ here... What it is ain't exactly clear....
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posted on
05/09/2017 12:18:23 PM PDT
by
thulldud
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/09/2017 12:34:01 PM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
(eliminate perverse incentives)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/09/2017 12:40:47 PM PDT
by
ez
("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/09/2017 12:45:03 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: central_va
Hexagonal? What planet does your honey come from?
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posted on
05/09/2017 12:46:48 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
To: sevinufnine
The real reason why the ground crew for the X-37B were dressed like beekeepers.
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posted on
05/09/2017 12:48:38 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
To: NorthMountain
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posted on
05/09/2017 12:49:38 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: BenLurkin
Photo obviously taken during warm weather........
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posted on
05/09/2017 12:49:38 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(If a cow ever got the chance, heÂ’d eat you and everyone you ever cared about.)
To: central_va
And they're hexagonal?
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posted on
05/09/2017 12:58:18 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
To: Calvin Locke
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posted on
05/09/2017 12:59:28 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: GreenLanternCorps
There are wargamers on Saturn?House Kurita is feeling pokey again...
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posted on
05/09/2017 1:00:27 PM PDT
by
Ciaphas Cain
(I don't give a damn about your feelings. Try to impress me with your convictions.)
To: GreenLanternCorps
“The Wargamers of Saturn”
Awesome title for a sci-fi episode
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posted on
05/09/2017 1:03:42 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: central_va
glad it's not just me....
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posted on
05/09/2017 1:06:43 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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