Cassini Takes Images of Growing Storm on Saturn

By Nancy Atkinson - December 27, 2010 at 8:42 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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The white storm on Saturn's northern hemisphere is growing and expanding. This raw image from the Cassini collection was taken on Dec. 24, 2010, showing the storm getting bigger. You can

compare the storm from earlier images taken by amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley.

Below is a color version, as well as other recent raw images showing the "real" moon Pandora is on the line.

[caption id="attachment_81988" align="aligncenter" width="512" caption="A 'quick' colorization of Saturn and its storm by Stu Atkinson."]

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Here's a color version sent in by

Stu Atkinson,

who said he did a "quick" go at adding color to the image. Looks great, Stu!

[caption id="attachment_81962" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The moon Pandora lines up with Saturn's rings in this view from Cassini. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute"]

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See more images at the Cassini website.

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. She is currently retired from daily writing, but worked at Universe Today for 20 years as a writer and editor. She also contributed articles to The Planetary Society, Ad Astra (National Space Society), New Scientist and many other online outlets.

Her 2019 book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos” (2016) tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.

Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, and through this program, she has the opportunity to share her passion of space and astronomy with children and adults through presentations and programs. Nancy's personal website is nancyatkinson.com