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Wavelike patterns in Saturn's cloud bands

Wavelike patterns in the cloud bands of Saturn's atmosphere

27 January 2005
This is a highly detailed look by the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft at the feathery, wavelike patterns in the cloud bands of Saturn's southern hemisphere.

Near the centre, long filaments wrap around a swirling vortex. Notable is the extreme change in appearance at very high southern latitudes.

This image was taken with the wide-angle camera on board the Cassini spacecraft on 14 December 2004, at a distance of 595 000 kilometres from Saturn.

The Cassini-Huygens mission is a co-operative project of NASA, ESA and ASI, the Italian space agency.

Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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