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Clearest View Yet of Saturn’s North Pole Hexagon

We just can’t help ourselves. Whenever NASA’s Cassini spacecraft sends back a new view of Saturn, we feel the unstoppable desire to post it. 

And this one might just beat them all. On Dec. 4, NASA posted a movie that is the highest resolution yet recorded of the planet’s strange hexagon weather pattern.

"The hexagon is just a current of air, and weather features out there that share similarities to this are notoriously turbulent and unstable," said Andrew Ingersoll, a Cassini imaging team member at the California Institute of Technology. "A hurricane on Earth typically lasts a week, but this has been here for decades — and who knows — maybe centuries."

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The beautiful GP7200 engine, seen here at the Emirates & GE Engine Maintenance Center in Dubai. The GP7200 powers the Airbus A380 and is produced by Engine Alliance, a joint venture between GE and Pratt & Whitney. Photo by Adam Senatori.

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The UAE Air Force executing a beautiful flight display at the Dubai Airshow earlier this week. Looking forward to today's show! Photo by Adam Senatori.

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A CFM56 engine on-wing at the Dubai Airshow. CFM is a joint venture between GE Aviation and Snecma. Photo by Adam Senatori.

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A peek inside the cockpit of Qatar Airways GE-powered Dreamliner at the the Dubai Airshow. Photo by Adam Senatori.

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Two of the four GP7000 engines on the Emirates Airbus A380 at the Dubai Airshow. The GP7000 is produced by the Engine Alliance, a 50/50 joint venture between GE and Pratt & Whitney. Photo by Adam Senatori, stop by the GE MENA tumblr for more shots from #DXB13!

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Up close with GE Aviation's GEnx engine at the Dubai Airshow.

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We've got photographer Adam Senatori shooting with us at the Dubai Airshow this week. First stop: the Qatar Airways Dreamliner, powered by GE Aviation's GEnx engines.

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