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NASA sees into the eye of a monster storm on Saturn
11-09-2006 · EurekAlert!NASA's Cassini spacecraft has seen something never before seen on another planet -- a hurricane-like storm at Saturn's south pole with a well-developed eye, ringed by towering clouds.
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