Hubble's Brand New Image of Saturn (VIDEO)
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This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Saturn, taken in late June of 2019, reveals the giant planet's iconic rings. Saturn's amber colors come from summer smog-like hazes, produced in photochemical reactions driven by solar ultraviolet radiation. Below the haze lie clouds of ammonia ice crystals, as well as deeper, unseen lower-level clouds of ammonium hydrosulfide and water.
The planet's banded structure is caused by winds and clouds at different altitudes. Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 observed Saturn on June 20, 2019, as the planet made its closest approach to Earth, at about 845 million miles away.
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abtghj3AWWc
Download in HD: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13307
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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