Cassini Sees Into the Eye of a Monster Storm on Saturn

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A swirling hurricane-like vortex at Saturns south pole where the vertical structure of the clouds is highlighted by shadows. Image credit: NASAJPLSpace Science Institute
A swirling hurricane-like vortex at Saturn's south pole, where the vertical structure of the clouds is highlighted by shadows. Image credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has seen something never before seen on another planet -- a hurricane-like storm at Saturn's South Pole with a well-developed eye, ringed by towering clouds.


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