Saturn is a strange planet anyway....There exists a very strange octagonal feature on one of the poles. 2001 A space oddity absolutely
A spectacular light show on Saturn has been captured in unique new photos of the ringed planet. The aurora images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) were made possible by a rare chance to see the planet with its rings edge-on and both poles in view. It takes Saturn almost 30 years to orbit the Sun, and during that time such a picture opportunity occurs only twice. The images show glowing aurorae flickering at each pole - Saturn's equivalent of the Northern and Southern Lights on Earth.
Hubble will never capture such images again because the telescope is due to be decommissioned before the same view of Saturn is repeated. |
