Spectacular new images from a NASA spacecraft orbiting Saturn have captured the most detailed views ever of an enormous hurricane churning around the ringed planet’s north pole.
The stunning new images and video of the Saturn hurricane, which were taken by NASA’s Cassini probe, show that the storm’s eye is 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) wide — about 20 times bigger than typical hurricane eyes on Earth.
Photo: The spinning vortex of Saturn’s north polar storm resembles a deep red rose surrounded by green foliage in this false-color image from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SS)