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Why would clouds form a hexagon on Saturn? Follow us to explore more with us @the_astrophysics_forum. Nobody is sure. Originally discovered during the Voyager flybys of Saturn in the 1980s, nobody has ever seen anything like it anywhere else in the Solar System. Acquiring its first sunlit views of far northern Saturn in late 2012, the Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera recorded this stunning, false-color image of the ringed planet's north pole. The composite of near-infrared image data results in red hues for low clouds and green for high ones, giving the Saturnian cloudscape a vivid appearance. This and similar images show the stability of the hexagon even 20+ years after Voyager. Movies of Saturn's North Pole show the cloud structure maintaining its hexagonal structure while rotating. Unlike individual clouds appearing like a hexagon on Earth, the Saturn cloud pattern appears to have six well defined sides of nearly equal length. Four Earths could fit inside the hexagon. Tighten your seatbelts and get ready to explore endless universe 🚀 Make sure you follow us @the_astrophysics_forum To stay on board 👨🚀 . . . . . . . #saturn #saturnhexagon #spacex #elonmusk #space #nasa #isro #universetoday #universe #hubbletelescope #hubble #milkywaychasers #milkyway #spacetime #spaceexploration #spacetravel #deepspace #astronomy #neildegrassetyson #astronomer #blackhole #earthday #earth #science #astronaut #planets #astrophysics #cosmology #nebula #solarsystem https://www.instagram.com/p/CDK5eXgjVPs/?igshid=ponilu3snxkk