Astronomy Picture of the Day ·

A Long Storm System on Saturn

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 5, 2025 is “A Long Storm System on Saturn,” an image. It is credited to Image Credit: NASA , JPL , ESA , Cassini Imaging Team , SSI. The original explanation runs about 179 words.

The planet Saturn is shown in infrared with great detail visible on its cloud tops. The rings appear as a thin blue horizontal line. She shadow of the rings appear as curving dark lines on the clouds. Near the top one of the tan cloud bands
Credit: Image Credit: NASA , JPL , ESA , Cassini Imaging Team , SSI Shown from science.nasa.gov. Not hosted by OpenOrbit.

From the explanation

“It was one of the largest and longest lived storms ever recorded in our Solar System. First seen in late 2010, the featured cloud formation in the northern hemisphere of Saturn started larger than the Earth and soon spread completely around the planet.”

— APOD editors, October 5, 2025

Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov

At a glance

Date
October 5, 2025
Type
Image
Credit
Credit: Image Credit: NASA , JPL , ESA , Cassini Imaging Team , SSI
Copyright
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Explanation length
About 179 words

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