Science is neat.

Check out the huge aurora on Saturn.

Huge Aurora over Saturn's North Pole
Credit:NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Note the hexagonal feature in the atmosphere that Cassini found last year.

  1. Oh very nice! I wonder why there’s an octogon? Probably just wind currents.

  2. You mean the hexagon right at the north pole? I’d imagine it’s some sort of standing wave.

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