Saturn Hurricane

This picture shows a hurricane located at Saturns North Pole. The hurricane was captured the Cassini spacecraft last year. This infrared image shows that the red clouds are closer to the planet and the green clouds are higher up. The hurricanes eye is 2,000 km wide and is rotating at more than 500 mph. I found it really cool that there are hurricanes not only here on Earth but on other planets in our solar system, and the fact that while we think that our huricanes are huge storms, the hurricane on saturn is tremendously larger.

Volcanoes and Auroras in Iceland

Volcano Hekla has erupted more than 20 times over the past millenium, but in 1991, it errupted at the same time that Auroras were visible about 100 Km above the erupting volcano. I chose this picture because I have always thought the Northern Lights were cool, and the way its shown in this picture along with the volcano is a very unique view of the Northern Lights. The way the volcano lights up the sky is very cool too.

Perigee Full Moon and Greece

This image is showing the largest full moon of the year, known as the Perigee. The Perigee only happens every 14 lunar months. This full Perigee moon rose on May 5, 2012, and the image captures the rising moon and the ancient Temple of Poseidon in Cape Sounion, Greece. I chose this picture because it shows the full Perigee moon well and the grandness of it.