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Saturn’s Bizarre Polar Vortex
A new long-term study has now spotted the first glimpses of a northern polar vortex forming high in the atmosphere as Saturn’s northern hemisphere approached summertime. This warm vortex sits hundreds of kilometres above the clouds, in a layer of atmosphere known as the stratosphere, and reveals an unexpected surprise.
This indicates that Saturn’s two poles behave very differently – there was no hexagon at the south pole, either at the cloud tops or above, when it was observed early in Cassini’s mission during southern summer. The northern vortex is also nowhere near as mature as the southern vortex, as it is cooler, and displays different dynamics from its southern counterpart.
https://dailygalaxy.com/2018/09/saturns-bizarre-polar-vortex-the-towering-hexagon-structure-could-span-hundreds-of-kilometers-in-height/#more-4739
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Sep/5/2018, 9:37 am
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