This
false colour picture of Saturns northern hemisphere was assembled
from ultraviolet, violet and green images obtained Aug. 19 by Voyager
2 from a range of 7.1 million kilometers.
The several weather patterns evident include three spots flowing
westward at about 15 meters-per-second. Although the cloud system
associated with the western-most spot is part of this flow, the
spot itself moves eastward at about 30 meters-per-second. Their
joint flow shows the anti-cyclonic rotation of the spot, which is
about 3,000 km in diameter. The ribbonlike feature to the north
marks a high-speed jet where wind speeds approach 150 meters-per-
second.
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