Saturn - Voyager 2
Image pair showing circulation around brown spot on Saturn
Voyager 2 image showing circulation around a large
brown spot in Saturn's atmosphere. The first image
was taken on 23 August 1981 from 2.7 million km and
the second 10 hours 15 minutes later 24 August from
2.3 million km. Both images were taken through the
green filter. Clouds at the edge of the spot show
the circulation to be counterclockwise, which is
anticyclonic for this northern hemisphere feature.
The upper frame is about 20,000 km across and the
lower about 17,000. The resolution is
about 25 km/pixel.
(Voyager 2, P-23938)
Saturn;
Saturn: Atmosphere
Cyclone, Anticyclone
Voyager Missions