Saturn on July 4, 2020

Adler Planetarium
Chicago, United States

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of Saturn on July 4, 2020. Two of Saturn's icy moons are clearly visible in this exposure: Mimas at right, and Enceladus at bottom. This image is taken as part of the Outer Planets Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) project. OPAL is helping scientists understand the atmospheric dynamics and evolution of our solar system's gas giant planets . In Saturn's case, astronomers continue tracking shifting weather patterns and storms.

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Title: Saturn on July 4, 2020
Type: photograph
Rights: Courtesy NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley), and the OPAL Team
External Link: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/hubble-sees-summertime-on-saturn/

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