Saturn’s Hexagon-Shaped Poles
We tend to associate Saturn with circles, from its monumental rings to the yellow and gold bands in its upper atmosphere. That’s why the hexagon-shaped storm at the planet’s north pole seems so jarring. It’s just so… unnatural. The storm, which measures some 19,000 miles (30,000 km) across, is caused by alternating flows and high-latitude zonal jets, according to new research. It’s undeniably weird, but yet another striking feature of the solar system’s most striking planet.
