Reporting from Nbcnews, Friday (12/28/2012), the photo captured Saturn storm by Cassini satellite on December 24, 2012 shown in black and white.
Photo "Storms of Saturn" Cassini's cameras captured |
Black and white photos were captured with wide-angle camera red filter CB2, note 709 766 kilometer distance was almost double the distance between the Earth and the Moon. Cassini satellite cameras also display photos storm "fierce" with the vortex system with a wavelength of 751 nm. Object Variations in cloud top "atmosphere Saturn" is also shown in the photo.
Photo "Storms of Saturn" Cassini's cameras captured |
Explained in the Wikipedia site, Saturn is a planet in the solar system known as the ringed planet. The planet is also the largest planet after Jupiter.
Saturn rotates in a short time, i.e. 10 hours 40 minutes 24 seconds. Saturn has a low density, because most of its constituent substances such as gases and liquids.
Saturn's core consists of solid rock with the atmosphere composed of ammonia and methane gas. In the compound, the sixth largest planet from the Sun in the Solar System does not allow the existence of life.