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May 2, 2008 7:00 AM PDT

This electrial storm (lower right) is the first of its kind detected on Saturn by Cassini in over two years. Previous electrical storms observed on Saturn have not lasted more than 30 days.

The dark spot at the top is the shadow from the moon Tethys, which is the white spot in the lower left.

Photo by NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Caption by Andy Smith

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