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Images: Mysterious aurora, mighty storms on Saturn

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November 14, 2008 1:00 PM PST

At the south pole of Saturn lies a gigantic vortex that NASA describes as "deep convective structures seen through the atmospheric haze." The ring is similar to a hurricane on Earth but is much larger. Convection sends the warm air from the planet's interior into its atmosphere.

Photo by NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Caption by Andy Smith

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