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  • Released Tuesday, March 25, 2014
  • Updated Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 12:35PM
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Explore spectacular views of Saturn's polar jet stream.

Explore spectacular views of Saturn's polar jet stream.

The Imaging Science Subsystem cameras aboard NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured these images of Saturn’s polar jet stream.

The eye of the storm spinning above Saturn's north pole is 1,250 miles wide.

The eye of the storm spinning above Saturn's north pole is 1,250 miles wide.

The hexagon measures about 15,000 miles across, or more than five times the width of Antarctica.

The hexagon measures about 15,000 miles across, or more than five times the width of Antarctica.

The polar jet stream rotates in the same direction that Saturn travels around the sun.

The polar jet stream rotates in the same direction that Saturn travels around the sun.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Video courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Hampton University
Images courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI

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