{"id":3108,"date":"2022-07-25T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/?p=3108"},"modified":"2022-07-25T13:21:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T17:21:42","slug":"theres-a-hexagonal-storm-larger-than-the-earth-rotating-at-saturns-north-pole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2022\/07\/theres-a-hexagonal-storm-larger-than-the-earth-rotating-at-saturns-north-pole\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a Hexagonal Storm Larger than the Earth Rotating at  Saturn\u2019s North Pole \u203d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u2026AND NONE OF YOU TOLD ME!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Saturn-Hex-anim-natural-color-PIA21611_-_Saturns_Hexagon_as_Summer_Solstice_Approaches.gif\" alt=\"natural color animation of hexagonal storm on Saturn (via Wikipedia)\" class=\"wp-image-3111\"\/><figcaption><em>natural color animation of hexagonal storm on Saturn (<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/0c\/PIA21611_-_Saturn%27s_Hexagon_as_Summer_Solstice_Approaches.gif\/700px-PIA21611_-_Saturn%27s_Hexagon_as_Summer_Solstice_Approaches.gif\">via Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/missions\/cassini\/science\/saturn\/hexagon-in-motion\/\">NASA\u2019s page<\/a> on this weather phenomenon (with some stunning images and animations): &nbsp;<\/li><li>Good overview of the science behind this over on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturn's_hexagon\">Wikipedia<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This weather feature has lasted decades, if not centuries. <em>YOU HAD AMPLE TIME TO MENTION IT!!!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do we sleep with the roiling eye of an angry God staring at us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Saturn-hex-animated-PIA17652_bw-copy.gif\" alt=\"(via NASA) https:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/missions\/cassini\/science\/saturn\/hexagon-in-motion\/\" class=\"wp-image-3120\"\/><figcaption>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/missions\/cassini\/science\/saturn\/hexagon-in-motion\/\">NASA<\/a>) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>See also:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"557\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SATURN-Francisco_de_Goya_Saturno_devorando_a_su_hijo_1819-1823-557x1024.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Saturn Devouring His Son&quot; by Francisco Goya\" class=\"wp-image-3110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SATURN-Francisco_de_Goya_Saturno_devorando_a_su_hijo_1819-1823-557x1024.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SATURN-Francisco_de_Goya_Saturno_devorando_a_su_hijo_1819-1823-163x300.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SATURN-Francisco_de_Goya_Saturno_devorando_a_su_hijo_1819-1823-768x1411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SATURN-Francisco_de_Goya_Saturno_devorando_a_su_hijo_1819-1823-836x1536.jpg 836w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SATURN-Francisco_de_Goya_Saturno_devorando_a_su_hijo_1819-1823-1115x2048.jpg 1115w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SATURN-Francisco_de_Goya_Saturno_devorando_a_su_hijo_1819-1823-1200x2204.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SATURN-Francisco_de_Goya_Saturno_devorando_a_su_hijo_1819-1823-scaled.jpg 1394w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 557px) 85vw, 557px\" \/><figcaption><em>&#8220;Saturn Devouring His Son&#8221; by Francisco Goya<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026AND NONE OF YOU TOLD ME!!! NASA\u2019s page on this weather phenomenon (with some stunning images and animations): &nbsp; Good overview of the science behind this over on Wikipedia.&nbsp; This weather feature has lasted decades, if not centuries. YOU HAD AMPLE TIME TO MENTION IT!!! How do we sleep with the roiling eye of an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2022\/07\/theres-a-hexagonal-storm-larger-than-the-earth-rotating-at-saturns-north-pole\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;There\u2019s a Hexagonal Storm Larger than the Earth Rotating at  Saturn\u2019s North Pole \u203d&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_share_on_mastodon":"1"},"categories":[11],"tags":[789,77,790,572,786,787,788],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3108"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3121,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108\/revisions\/3121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}