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Deep Inside Saturn's Stormy Eye: Big Pic


Craig

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http://news.discovery.com/space/big-pic-cassini-saturn-storm-121128.html

Rotating rapidly and lacking any solid surface Saturn has some of the fastest wind speeds in the solar system, blowing at over 500 meters a second (1,100 miles an hour) in an easterly direction around its equator. At higher latitudes the winds repeatedly shift directions, creating spiraling storms from the powerful shears that in turn help drive the wind bands.
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