Not so long ago, a mission called Cassini conducted new research on Saturn, which was able to explain some of the climatic phenomena of this planet. Near the north pole of this celestial body, an incredible structure was discovered when summer began gradually in the hemisphere.
Scientists have discovered a vortex of atmospheric masses that has the shape of a hexagon. It was at a high altitude, but every day its temperature increased, affecting the weather on the surface of Saturn itself. The experts noted that this vortex is very similar to the hexagonal flow that was previously found in the lower layers of clouds around the planet. Thus, we can safely say that atmospheric flows in the depths of the clouds can have a direct impact on the processes that occur in the uppermost layers of the atmosphere.
The Cassini mission spacecraft first flew to Saturn fourteen years ago. Then in the southern part of the planet it was summer, and in the northern part it was winter. After several days of research, the device detected a very large atmospheric vortex above the South Pole, while there was no similar phenomenon over the northern part of the planet. Based on all the data obtained over these years, scientists have established that the change of seasons at the poles is influenced by this hexagonal atmospheric flow, which penetrates clouds for hundreds of kilometers and brings heat.
