Comments on: Cassini has taken some spectacular new images of the gigantic hexagonal vortex on Saturn’s north pole. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/cassini-has-taken-some-spectacular-new-images-of-the-gigantic-hexagonal-vortex-on-saturns-north-pole/ Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:16:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Chris Kirkendall https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/cassini-has-taken-some-spectacular-new-images-of-the-gigantic-hexagonal-vortex-on-saturns-north-pole/#comment-71460 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:16:45 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=20880#comment-71460 It’s the wind up key for our solar system – interesting thought – I like it ! !

]]> By: ken anthony https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/cassini-has-taken-some-spectacular-new-images-of-the-gigantic-hexagonal-vortex-on-saturns-north-pole/#comment-71302 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:53:30 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=20880#comment-71302 It’s the wind up key for our solar system.

]]> By: Chris Kirkendall https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/cassini-has-taken-some-spectacular-new-images-of-the-gigantic-hexagonal-vortex-on-saturns-north-pole/#comment-71266 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:26:54 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=20880#comment-71266 Amazing photos, though the closer-up photos don’t reveal the nearly perfect hexagonal shape as well as those from further out. To me, this is the most amazing & puzzling feature on any planet in our Solar System. How such a shape could persist for decades is a true mystery. So far I haven’t seen any theories that adequately explain it, although some have suggested it’s some form of “Standing Wave” pattern, but for that to exist (and persist) on this scale & for this long is mind-boggling.

Saturn is & always will be the most amazing & beautiful of all the planets – the multiple highly-detailed ring system, its dozens of moons, the strange atmospheric features like this & the Hurricane-like storm (with a human-looking eye!) at the other pole, all add up to one very mysterious, bizarre & beautiful world…

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