Cassini takes new images Hexagon storm

[icytailmark (Mark)]

Im not sure if anyone has seen the new images cassini just took of the Hexagon storm on saturn. Wow it looks amazing check it out.

http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/cassini/satu...l#.UqBgHcQW3D4

[Kunama]

That is bizarre, perhaps some magnetic field is causing the peculiar shape.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Originally Posted by Kunama

That is bizarre, perhaps some magnetic field is causing the peculiar shape.

It's a standing wave, which happens to appear as a hexagon when it is wrapped around the pole