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Decagon on Saturn’s south pole (single filter image)
A single wavelength of light from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides a particularly clear view of the 10-sided atmospheric wave discovered encircling Saturn’s south pole. The feature, labeled “decagon,” is embedded within one of Saturn’s powerful jet streams. The wave is centered around 63 degrees south latitude, and its apparent position shifts slightly depending on the wavelength of light observed…
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- ESA/Hubble & NASA
- Telescope
- Hubble Space Telescope
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- CC BY 4.0 — credit required
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- Source
- Hubble release page
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