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    The above are Cassini images of a storm on Saturn that persisted for months. The red triangle marks the head of the storm (about the size of Earth) and the yellow triangle marks its tail. In July of 2011, the head caught up with the tail and the storm dissipated. At its peak, the head vortex was 7,500 miles wide and the storm stretched for 180,000 miles. The power of this storm is difficult to comprehend and featured an upwelling of air so immense it would have sucked the Earth’s atmosphere clean off in about five months.
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    This is a storm of what exactly?
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      Originally posted by Doktor View Post
      This is a storm of what exactly?
      An atmospheric storm on the gas giant. Such storms are complex events that evolve from heat pockets welling up from the interior meeting colder low and mid-level jet streams, which is then further exacerbated by the Coriolis force and Saturn's very rapid rotation.
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        It would play havoc with yer brolly . Things like this lets us know just how tiny we are in the scheme of things , a pee in an ocean , and sadly we seem hell bent on destroying each other and the planet we ALL live on
        Last edited by tankie; 03 Feb 13,, 19:02.

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