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Saturn’s storm from Hubble, 12 March 2011

Saturn’s storm from Hubble, 12 March 2011
Saturn’s storm from Hubble, 12 March 2011 From 2010 to 2011, a storm raged on Saturn. Over time, the storm has been stretched into the white band seen in the mid northern (upper) latitudes. This view, taken on March 12, 2011, shows the late stages of the storm. Raw Data Courtesy NASA STScI, Processed image © Ted Stryk

 It was taken using the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) camera on the Hubble Space Telescope, with color data taken from earlier images of a previous storm by its predecessor, the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2).

Three moons are visible above Saturn's rings: from left to right, they are Dione, Enceladus, and Tethys. (space.jpl.nasa.gov)