Some of these vortices spin clockwise while the hexagon and hurricane spin counterclockwise. (More information about that Saturn hurricane is at Saturn Hurricane Movie.) Numerous small vortices are also present, which appear as reddish ovals. There is a massive hurricane tightly centered on the north pole, with an eye about 50 times larger than the average hurricane eye on Earth.
Scientists can see the motion of a wide variety of cloud structures that reside within the hexagon in this movie.
This colorful view from NASA's Cassini mission is the highest-resolution view of the unique six-sided jet stream at Saturn's north pole known as "the hexagon." This movie, made from images obtained by Cassini's imaging cameras, is the first to show the hexagon in color filters, and the first movie to show a complete view from the north pole down to about 70 degrees north latitude.
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