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Saturn's north pole is a giant swirling hexagon

Saturn's north pole is a giant swirling hexagon

Saturn hexagon — NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute / Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)

These photos show the stunning beauty of Saturn's north pole, which is shaped like a massive blue, swirling hexagon. This is definitely Saturn's fanciest detail. This six-sided jet stream pattern is called the Saturn Hexagon.

Saturn's north pole has had a famous 6 sided hexagon since 1980, on September 2 hubble just confirmed its south pole is growing a 10-sided twin and is still evolving in real time
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It is not a solid structure even though it looks like one from afar. — Read the rest

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