Thes threeviews of Saturn wererecorded by the Hubble Space Telescope on March 7th of thisyear, as the southern hemisphere of the solar system's most gorgeousplanet reached its maximum 27 degree tilttoward Earth.The images use to constructthe false-color pictures were madethrough a combination o filters covering theelectromagnetic spectrum from ultraviolet (top), to visible (middle)and infrared (bottom) wavelengths highlighting differen features in the Saturnian atmospheric bands and rings.Well known for its bright ringsystem and large,mysterious moon Titan,gas gian Saturn isalso a planet with a dynamic atmosphere and high-speed winds.In fact, in the 1980s Voyagerspacecraft measured equatorialwinds of over 1,000 miles per hour.Giant storm systems,comparable in size to planet Earth itself, have been see erupting in Saturn's cloud tops.
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