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Mysteries Swirl Around Cyclones At Saturn's Poles

Posted by kdawson on from the call-the-wind-mariah dept.

Riding with Robots writes "New images of Saturn from the robotic spacecraft Cassini are shedding new light on monstrous storms that swirl at both poles of the ringed planet. 'These are truly massive cyclones, hundreds of times stronger than the most giant hurricanes on Earth,' said one mission scientist. Cumulus clouds twirl around the vortices, betraying the presence of giant thunderstorms lurking beneath. But the storms do not disturb the bizarre hexagonal cloud formation previously reported."

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  1. How about earth's natural disasters? by ilovesymbian · · Score: -1, Troll

    Instead of worrying about Saturn's cyclones, how about worrying about earth's cyclones, hurricanes, tornadoes and tsunamis?

    Lets reserve the funding for this within our own earth please. On one hand, people talk about making the earth "green" and on the other hand, they blow up useful money into researching how the universe was built, whether Mars has life on it, how cyclones and tsunamis occur on Saturn. Does the scientific community not have its priorities right and consistent?

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  2. Something I couldn't care less about by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thanks

  3. It's global warming by Trailer+Trash · · Score: -1, Troll

    someone call al gore

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  4. but who? by jagdish · · Score: -1, Troll

    No one knows his phone number. He has no friends.

  5. Global Warming by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I am sure Al Gore and his lying cronies: do-nothing, good for nothing Nancy Pelosi and her idiot cronies as well as all those scientists on their payroll will blame in on Bush and global warming. http://www.discussglobalwarming.com/blog