This image of Saturn, taken by the Voyager I in 1980, was color-
enhanced to increase the visibility of large, bright features in
Saturn's North Temperate Belt. It is believed that these spots might
closely resemble gigantic convective storms (similar to, but much
larger than thunderstorms in Earth's atmosphere) with upwelling
from deep within Saturn's atmosphere. The nature of the dark spots
like the one visible on the northern edge of the belt is not yet clearly
understood, though they seem to resemble equally mysterious
features seen on Jupiter. The largest violet-colored cloud belt is
Saturn's North Equatorial Belt. Three separate Voyager I images
taken through ultraviolet, green and violet filters were used to
construct this blue, green and red color composite of Saturn. Color
spots in the rings are an artifact of image processing. The Voyager
Project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Pasadena, California.
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