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Amazing images of storms on Saturn

The image below, and those in the link, was taken by Cassini and published by NASA/JPL back in November 2012, however I hadn’t seen them before today.

They show storms in the atmosphere of Saturn at an incredible level of detail and, due to the angles of the Sun and Saturn, and the angle that the orbiter was imaging the planet from, depth in the clouds can also be discerned.

Cassini image of a storm in Saturn's atmosphere, taken 27th November, 2012

Cassini image of a storm in Saturn’s atmosphere, taken 27th November, 2012

Image ©2012, NASA/JPL

More information and images are available by clicking the link below.

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/cassinifeatures/feature20121128/