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SPACE-SATURN
This handout image released by NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI on April 29, 2013 shows a natural color view of the north pole of Saturn, in the fresh light of spring, captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The north pole was previously hidden from the gaze of Cassini's imaging cameras because it was winter in the northern hemisphere when the spacecraft arrived at the Saturn system in 2004. A hurricane-like storm circling Saturn's north pole at about 89 degrees north latitude is inside the famous "hexagon" feature, which scientists think is a wandering jet stream that whips around the north pole at about 220 miles per hour (98 meters per second). It folds into a six-sided shape because the hexagon is a stationary wave that guides the path of the gas in the jet. Saturn's rings can be seen at the upper right of the image. == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "AFP PHOTO / NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI / NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==
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SATURN, SPACE |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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29 Aprilie 2013 |
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