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longship

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4. Wow! Is right!
Thu Nov 29, 2012, 03:20 PM
Nov 2012

That's a beauty! The bestest hexagonal Saturnian storm I've ever seen.

Cassini is wonderful.

That is a very cool photo!! montanto Nov 2012 #1
Saturnian crop circles? LiberalEsto Nov 2012 #2
An upgrade of Apple's "Spaceship" headquarters campus, no doubt. wellspring Dec 2012 #14
Saturn's surface appears to be one giant circular storm made up of thousands of smaller cyclones leveymg Nov 2012 #3
Wow! Is right! longship Nov 2012 #4
Photoshoppers are Already on the Job On the Road Nov 2012 #5
The Borg ship blew up entering the planet pointed end down. Festivito Nov 2012 #7
Interesting lab recreation ThoughtCriminal Nov 2012 #6
ok, but those little spurts have to happen at the right intervals. snot Dec 2012 #12
Are you talking about the additions of green dye? Thor_MN Dec 2012 #13
It's the spurts that shape the hexagon, regardless of whether they contain dye. snot Dec 2012 #15
You are claiming that they are adding liquid at each of the six sides to push them in? Thor_MN Dec 2012 #16
No, sorry if I'm unclear. I'm saying all the spurts contain dye, snot Dec 2012 #17
That would, again, be a pointless exercise. Thor_MN Dec 2012 #18
Sorry; to me, both videos are ambiguous. snot Dec 2012 #20
"Old Faithful" isn't a "Spurt" large enough to affect the Jet Stream Thor_MN Dec 2012 #21
No need to insult me. snot Dec 2012 #22
Sorry, but anti-science faith in unseen events should be pointed out more often. Thor_MN Dec 2012 #23
#&*&^$%^$%^#$^ WOW!! byronius Nov 2012 #8
I wonder if this thing is similar to the Rossby Waves on Earth Odin2005 Dec 2012 #9
You've done it again, n2doc.. Permanut Dec 2012 #10
it sure is a thing of beauty XtopherXtopher Dec 2012 #11
WOW ! dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #19
wow!!!!!!! Marrah_G Dec 2012 #24
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