Weather meltdown also on Saturn?

The path of the storm on Saturn stretches for thousands of kilometers

December 30, 2010 – Earth is not the only planet where the weather is running amok. Saturn, which has been experiencing more luminescent auroras, is now in the grips of a massive storm that is tearing across a good portion of the planet’s atmosphere. Massive change is underway throughout the entire solar system. A giant storm even brighter than Saturn’s rings is raging through the planet’s cloudtops. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” says veteran planetary photographer Anthony Wesley. “It’s possible that this is the biggest storm on Saturn in many decades.” The above picture was recorded by Wesley’s 16-inch telescope on Dec. 22nd. Instruments on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft are picking up strong bursts of radio static. Apparently, lightning is being generated in multiple cells across the storm front. Cassini’s cameras are also beaming back fantastic images of the tempest. –Space Weather