'Chinese Lantern' Technique Helps Track Clouds at Saturn

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This false-color mosaic of Saturn shows deep-level clouds silhouetted against Saturns glowing interior. Image credit: NASAJPLUniversity of Arizona
This false-color mosaic of Saturn shows deep-level clouds silhouetted against Saturn's glowing interior. Image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

A new image of Saturn demonstrates a technique that creates a 'Chinese lantern' effect, showing Saturn's deep clouds silhouetted against the planet’s warm, glowing interior. Seen this way, Saturn's interior shows surprising activity underneath the overlying haze, with a great variety of cloud shapes and sizes.


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