Fact Sheet
Saturnian Swirl
Storm clouds swirl around a deep "eye" at the south pole of Saturn in this image from the Cassini spacecraft, which is orbiting Saturn. The top clouds in the image are 20 to 45 miles (30 to 75 km) above the clouds at the bottom of the eye. The clouds whirl around the eye at several hundred miles per hour. Unlike hurricanes on Earth, this storm remains fixed at the same location, above Saturn's south pole. [NASA/JPL/SSI]
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