Space.com reports: "One of the most bizarre weather patterns known has been photographed at Saturn, where astronomers have spotted a huge, six-sided feature circling the north pole. [...] 'We've never seen anything like this on any other planet. Indeed, Saturn's thick atmosphere, where circularly-shaped waves and convective cells dominate, is perhaps the last place you'd expect to see such a six-sided geometric figure, yet there it is.'"
Click here for a larger image from CNet News.com. Upon closer inspection we see an inner and outer hexagon, as well as a center square.
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