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PIA02239: Saturn's red spot
Saturn's red spot
Target Name: Saturn
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Voyager
Spacecraft: Voyager 1
Instrument: Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Product Size: 600 samples x 600 lines
Produced By: JPL
Producer ID: 2601217
Primary Data Set: Voyager EDRs
Full-Res TIFF: PIA02239.tif (677.6 kB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA02239.jpg (93.67 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:
This false color image, taken on November 6, 1980 from a distance of about 8 million kilometers, shows somewhat similar, although much smaller, red spot on Saturn. False color was used to make the faint spot more visible.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

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