[Quark (Trevor)]

Originally Posted by DavidU

A lovely set there Trev. Interesting watching the bright spot.

Thanks David, with an ounce of luck the new far Nth spot will develop into a larger, brighter storm.

Originally Posted by lepton3

Fascinating data Trevor, thanks for posting along with taking the time to explain the features.

I'm surprised at how much is going on in the R animation, yet the IR looks quite calm to me. Is this usual, or have I missed some subtle activity?

One thing for sure, there is more to the planets than just admiring the pictures.

-Ivan

Thanks Ivan, the IR is a whole new ball game. Saturn is a net emitter of energy so is relatively bright in IR, obviously not as bright as in the visible reflected Sunlight that we RGB image. When there are hot spots due to SED's related storms then they can also show up in IR. The detail that we see in IR is very much more subtle than that which we see in visible light. If you concentrate on the IR animation you will see a faint spot that is related to the bright spot in the RGB that is situated near the CM at the start of the RGB animation within the old storm remnant.

Yep, for sure there is a lot more to planetary imaging than just admiring the esthetic's and that was never truer than right now with this very new SED's outbreak, hopefully a much larger storm will be sporned from this over the coming weeks.