Saturn's poles...

[Jen Blackburn]

have you seen the news about the north & south poles of Saturn?

the south pole is surrounded by what NASA people can only assume is a hurricane like storm, as it rotates, and looks similar to a hurricane here on earth, but it doesn't MOVE away from the south pole - it's a stationary storm. here's a pick of what the EYE of the storm looks like: (FREAKY)

http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/061109_freak_storm_02.jpg

and this is what the NORTH pole of Saturn looks like... a bizzare, almost perfectly shaped hexagon...

http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/070327_saturn_hex_02.jpg

isn't God amazing in His creation... EVERYWHERE? just seeing these pictures, from our own solar system, just a few planets away, is amazing to me. I can't even begin to imagine all the other wonders He created... "somewhere out there"!!

link to the story i found these pictures from is here:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20070327/sc_space/bizarrehexagonspottedonsaturn

[Cecil Wallace]

Here's an infrared image of the north pole of Saturn.
It is from: http://spaceweather.com/ & dated March 29, 2007.
"In this infrared photo taken by Cassini, the blue color traces auroras at high altitudes in Saturn's atmosphere. Red indicates the amount heat filtering up through clouds below. Researchers believe the auroras and the hexagon are unrelated."

Amazing stuff!

[Shawna Atteberry]

Wow. Those are just cool. Thanks for posting the pictures.