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April 30, 2013

Spacecraft returns dramatic images of massive hurricane on Saturn
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Apr 29, 2013
NASA says the Cassini spacecraft has sent back the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole. High-resolution pictures and video indicated the hurricane's eye is about 1,250 miles wide, 20 times larger than the average hurricane eye on Earth, the space agency reported Monday. Thin, bright clouds at the outer edge of the hurricane are traveling at 330 mph, scientists said. "We did a double take when we saw this vortex because it ... read more

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