Like a snake swallowing its tail, a giant storm wrapped itself around Saturn in December and stuck around for more than 200 days. The Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn captured the thundering menace in images released by the Cassini team on November 17.
A storm rages in Saturn’s northern hemisphere, as seen in this false-color image captured January 12 by the Cassini spacecraft.
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