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FINALLY!!*** ULTRA-MASSIVE SATURN'S STORM DATA DECODED-4 billion square kilometers ***

 
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Tempest from hell seen on Saturn!!!

July 6 2011

Scientists analyzing data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft now have the first-ever, up-close details of a Saturn storm that is eight times the surface area of Earth.

cassini1

On Dec. 5, 2010, Cassini first detected the storm that has been raging ever since. It appears approximately 35 degrees north latitude of Saturn. Pictures from Cassini's imaging cameras show the storm wrapping around the entire planet covering approximately 2 billion square miles (4 billion square kilometers). The storm is about 500 times larger than the biggest storm previously seen by Cassini during several months from 2009 to 2010. Scientists studied the sounds of the new storm's lightning strikes and analyzed images taken between December 2010 and February 2011. Data from Cassini's radio and plasma wave science instrument showed the lightning flash rate as much as 10 times more frequent than during other storms monitored since Cassini's arrival to Saturn in 2004. The data appear in a paper published this week in the journal Nature.

saturnstorm1

"Cassini shows us that Saturn is bipolar," said Andrew Ingersoll, an author of the study and a Cassini imaging team member at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif. "Saturn is not like Earth and Jupiter, where storms are fairly frequent. Weather on Saturn appears to hum along placidly for years and then erupt violently. I'm excited we saw weather so spectacular on our watch. "At its most intense, the storm generated more than 10 lightning flashes per second. Even with millisecond resolution, the spacecraft's radio and plasma wave instrument had difficulty separating individual signals during the most intense period. Scientists created a sound file from data obtained on March 15 at a slightly lower intensity period.

saturnstorm2

Cassini has detected 10 lightning storms on Saturn since the spacecraft entered the planet's orbit and its southern hemisphere was experiencing summer, with full solar illumination not shadowed by the rings. Those storms rolled through an area in the southern hemisphere dubbed "Storm Alley." But the sun's illumination on the hemispheres flipped around August 2009, when the northern hemisphere began experiencing spring.

saturnstorm3

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No Saturntards online, I guess :)
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No Saturntards online, I guess :)
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excellent post!
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due to an approaching body perhaps?
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Hold on just a sec...

Saturn is bi-polar?

Is this normal for any planet? Is it due to being close to the galactic event horizon? Is it due to planetoid Elenin? Wow.
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I have been pushing this in several threads. Andariel you are a breath of fresh air,great info always love your posts. Msn even reported this briefly today. Allignment shills plus elenin shills need to take a day off after this!
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Saturn is the best planet for viewing right now...

You should be able to see the rings through binoculars...

Thanks OP for the thread...

Cz


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I have been pushing this in several threads. Andariel you are a breath of fresh air,great info always love your posts. Msn even reported this briefly today. Allignment shills plus elenin shills need to take a day off after this!
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Alignment shills indeed.
I suppose you aren't aware that the last time there was a Saturn storm of this magnitude was 1990. Which just happened to be the last time Saturn and Jupiter were in Opposition.
No, Elenin wasn't involved in the 1990 storm, or the ones before...
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I have been pushing this in several threads. Andariel you are a breath of fresh air,great info always love your posts. Msn even reported this briefly today. Allignment shills plus elenin shills need to take a day off after this!
 Quoting: shadasonic 1396161

Alignment shills indeed.
I suppose you aren't aware that the last time there was a Saturn storm of this magnitude was 1990. Which just happened to be the last time Saturn and Jupiter were in Opposition.
No, Elenin wasn't involved in the 1990 storm, or the ones before...
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Dude dont use that damn word after all you know how stupid it sounds when they use it! And they use the heck out of it over and over and over and over to anyone who don't agree with their madness.
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due to an approaching body perhaps?
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No, due to the separation of light and heavy gases creating heat-energy.
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due to an approaching body perhaps?
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No, due to the separation of light and heavy gases creating heat-energy.
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and the separation of light and heavy gasses was caused by ?

grinning
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due to an approaching body perhaps?
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No, due to the separation of light and heavy gases creating heat-energy.
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and the separation of light and heavy gasses was caused by ?

grinning
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Keep in mind that Saturn is one big Atmosphere. There is no surface on that planet.
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Saturn is a gas giant. It's structure is very similar to Jupiter's. The core is composed liquid rock. Next comes a layer of liquid hydrogen. It is under such high pressure that the nature of the hydrogen changes, and is able to conduct electricity like metal. This generates the planet's magnetic field.

The layer on top of this is ordinary liquid hydrogen. Next, the hydrogen thins out into the gaseous atmosphere. It is composed of mainly hydrogen and helium with trace amounts of methane, water, ammonia, and hydrogen sulfide.

Interestingly, Saturn creates some of its own heat, but in a much different way than Jupiter. Scientists believe that the hydrogen and helium are slowly separating out, like vinegar and oil when left to sit. In Saturn's case, the heavier helium is slowly making its way through the hydrogen, generating heat (from friction) as it goes.
[link to burro.astr.cwru.edu]

"First author Agustin Sanchez-Lavega, a planetary scientist at the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, Spain, and his colleagues were able to estimate that the storm’s head, where most of the lightning was concentrated, extended about 160 miles below the cloud tops. Because the sun doesn’t shine there, this suggests that the planet’s internal heat helps the storms to form, the scientists wrote."
[link to www.latimes.com]

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Tempest from hell seen on Saturn!!!

July 6 2011

Scientists analyzing data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft now have the first-ever, up-close details of a Saturn storm that is eight times the surface area of Earth.

:cassini1:

On Dec. 5, 2010, Cassini first detected the storm that has been raging ever since. It appears approximately 35 degrees north latitude of Saturn. Pictures from Cassini's imaging cameras show the storm wrapping around the entire planet covering approximately 2 billion square miles (4 billion square kilometers). The storm is about 500 times larger than the biggest storm previously seen by Cassini during several months from 2009 to 2010. Scientists studied the sounds of the new storm's lightning strikes and analyzed images taken between December 2010 and February 2011. Data from Cassini's radio and plasma wave science instrument showed the lightning flash rate as much as 10 times more frequent than during other storms monitored since Cassini's arrival to Saturn in 2004. The data appear in a paper published this week in the journal Nature.

:saturnstorm1:

"Cassini shows us that Saturn is bipolar," said Andrew Ingersoll, an author of the study and a Cassini imaging team member at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif. "Saturn is not like Earth and Jupiter, where storms are fairly frequent. Weather on Saturn appears to hum along placidly for years and then erupt violently. I'm excited we saw weather so spectacular on our watch. "At its most intense, the storm generated more than 10 lightning flashes per second. Even with millisecond resolution, the spacecraft's radio and plasma wave instrument had difficulty separating individual signals during the most intense period. Scientists created a sound file from data obtained on March 15 at a slightly lower intensity period.

:saturnstorm2:

Cassini has detected 10 lightning storms on Saturn since the spacecraft entered the planet's orbit and its southern hemisphere was experiencing summer, with full solar illumination not shadowed by the rings. Those storms rolled through an area in the southern hemisphere dubbed "Storm Alley." But the sun's illumination on the hemispheres flipped around August 2009, when the northern hemisphere began experiencing spring.

:saturnstorm3:

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excellent post!
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Hi NiN :)
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I have been pushing this in several threads. Andariel you are a breath of fresh air,great info always love your posts. Msn even reported this briefly today. Allignment shills plus elenin shills need to take a day off after this!
 Quoting: shadasonic 1396161

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Here's my post on it, Andariel.
Thread: The Great White Spot - A Storm as Wide as EARTH
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great post OP! :) Just the kind of info i wanted to read this morning hf
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Great minds think alike......
Did not see it yesterday so kudos to you.
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But wasn't there supposed to be a big event that Happened today? This storm has been around for a long time....
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 Quoting: SickScent


Great minds think alike......
Did not see it yesterday so kudos to you.
hf
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No kudos. I don't want any. Your presentation is much nicer.
chuckle
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looks like its right at 19.47 degrees!
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Fascinating . thx
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due to an approaching body perhaps?
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I guess so...
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looks like its right at 19.47 degrees!
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