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Saturn's hexagon

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Saturn has a strange shape.

PIA20513 - Basking in Light.jpg
PIA20513 - Basking in Light.jpg
It is a big cloud. The cloud has six sides. It looks like a shape from a book. It is very far away. Can you see the shape?

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