Saturn Photos: Cassini Sees Swirling North Pole Storm

Peering into the Storm

This image from NASA's Cassini mission was taken on Nov. 27, 2012, with Cassini's narrow-angle camera. The camera was pointing toward Saturn from approximately 224,618 miles away. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

NASA's Cassini spacecraft sent back breathtaking images of a massive swirling storm near the north pole of Saturn. The first four images above show the spectacular vortex that was photographed on November 27, 2012 at a distance of around 250,000 miles from Saturn.