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Saturn’s Atmosphere is More Varied Than it Looks, With Tropical “Jungles” and Ammonia “Deserts”

Saturn might look like a placid beige ball in backyard telescopes but in reality it has very dynamic weather patterns and climates, rivaling the storms of Jupiter and the varied climates of Earth, based on long-term microwave observations by the Cassini spacecraft. (Yes, microwaves are good for much more than heating up your coffee.)

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This is Perseverance's 21.5-meter-wide parachute and 4.5-meter-wide backshell on #Mars, cropped at the full 29.3 cm/pixel resolution that HiRISE was able to capture from 290 km away in orbit. Crazy. #Mars2020
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