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Title: Astronomy Picture of the Day
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NASA
URL Source: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050225.html
Published: Feb 25, 2005
Author: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (U
Post Date: 2005-02-25 06:56:15 by 2Trievers
Keywords: Astronomy, Picture
Views: 64
Comments: 3
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2005 February 25 Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA Explanation: Dubbed the "Dragon Storm", convoluted, swirling cloud features are tinted orange in this false-color, near-infrared image of Saturn's southern hemisphere. In one of a series of discoveries announced by Cassini researchers, the Dragon Storm was found to be responsible for mysterious bursts of radio static monitored by Cassini instruments during the last year as the spacecraft orbited the ringed planet. The storm is now thought to be a giant Saturnian thunderstorm, like storms on Earth, with radio noise produced in high-voltage lightning discharges. The Cassini observations are also consistent with the Dragon Storm being a long-lived storm, deep within the gas giant's atmosphere, that periodically flares-up to produce large, visible storm regions. Astronomy Picture of the Day
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#2. To: 2Trievers (#0)
Nice! To anyone here with a telescope (and a clear sky!), Saturn is currently visible high in the evening sky (in Gemini). Check it out.
#3. To: PnbC (#2)
Thanks for the tip. The Cassini-Huygens project has given us so many wonderful pix. I love this mosaic.
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