PDA

View Full Version : Monster Storm Rages on Saturn



Teh One Who Knocks
01-31-2013, 10:35 PM
Space.com


http://i.imgur.com/Z6cEryb.jpg

The head of Saturn's huge northern storm is well established in this view captured early in the storm's development by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in late 2010.

Saturn's atmosphere and its rings are shown here in a false color composite made from three images taken in near infrared light through filters that are sensitive to varying degrees of methane absorption. Red and orange colors in this view indicate clouds that are deep in the atmosphere. Yellow and green colors, most noticeable near the top of the view, indicate intermediate clouds. White and blue indicate high clouds and haze. The rings appear as a thin horizontal line of bright blue because they are outside of the atmosphere and not affected by methane absorption.

This view looks toward the southern, unilluminated side of the rings from just below the ringplane.

http://i.imgur.com/TAq4xUu.jpg

This series of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the development of the largest storm seen on the planet since 1990.

Acid Trip
01-31-2013, 10:39 PM
Must be from global warming on Saturn. :roll:

Hal-9000
02-01-2013, 05:32 AM
I wonder what the gravity is like on that planet....and what causes storms in that environment