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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Photo: Mysterious Cyclones Seen at Both of Saturn's Poles


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A massive cyclone swirls in Saturn's hazy atmosphere over its south pole in a July 15, 2008, image taken by the Cassini spacecraft.

Cassini also snapped pictures of a similar storm at the planet's north pole, showing that the gas giant has cyclones at both poles that dramatically outpower Earth-roving hurricanes.

Photograph courtesy NASA