Space Photos of the Week: Saturn’s Mysterious Hexagon

This psychedelic, color-filtered view shows the unique hexagonal cloud structure at Saturn’s north pole. When Cassini first came near Saturn in 2004, the timing of seasons put this area in darkness; it wasn’t until much later that the spacecraft was able to observe this massive, bizarre hurricane with an eye about 50 times the size …

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