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Category: Saturn

storm on Saturn's North Pole

Vortex at Saturn's North Pole
November 28, 2012 		 

This image from NASA's Cassini mission was taken on Nov. 27, 2012, with Cassini's narrow-angle imaging camera. The camera was pointing toward Saturn from approximately 248,578 miles (400,048 kilometers) away.

This image has not been validated or calibrated. A validated/calibrated image will be archived with the NASA Planetary Data System in 2013.

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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute




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