South Polar Storms

This Cassini spacecraft narrow angle camera view of Saturn's southern polar region features a bright white spot, or storm, surrounded by faint, darker swirls of clouds.

By Space Daily Editorial Team · Editorial process

Published August 29, 2004 · Updated March 16, 2026

This Cassini spacecraft narrow angle camera view of Saturn’s southern polar region features a bright white spot, or storm, surrounded by faint, darker swirls of clouds.

The image was taken on July 22, 2004, from a distance of 6.7 million kilometers (4.2 million miles) from Saturn, through a filter sensitive to wavelengths of infrared light.

The image scale is 39 kilometers (24 miles) per pixel. Contrast was slightly enhanced to bring out features in the atmosphere.

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