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Aug. 23, 1981 - This comparison shows Saturn's north temperate region as viewed Nov. 5, 1980, by Voyager 1 (left) and Aug. 21 by its sister craft, Voyager 2, from a range of 5 million kilometers (3.1 mission miles). The large bright oval feature in the lower right of each frame measures about 2, 500 km (1, 550 ml.) across. This feature, a gigantic storm system in the planet's atmosphere, was first observed by Voyager 1 almost exactly one year ago. Thus, as on Jupiter, some storms in Saturn's atmosphere are quite long-lived compared to their smaller terrestrial counerparts. By contrast. the pattern of convective disturbances to the north (upper right) undergoes rapid changes in a matter of even a few days. In some aspects, these features resemble gigantic thunderstorms.The largest bright feature in the Voyager 1 photograph extends about 7, 500 km. (4, 650 ml.) from north to south. These giant storms lie within one of the strong westward-flowing currents observed in the atmosphere, with wind speeds of about 20 meters-per-second ((45mph) The smallest visible features here are about propulsion laboratory, Pasadena, Calif

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