It's an atmospheric formation, and there are no primitive apemen dancing
around it with bones in their hands that we can tell.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2007-03-27-saturn-hexagon_N.htm
The caption to the first photo in the USA Today story reads:
A bizarre six-sided hexagon feature encircles the entire north pole of Saturn. The hexagon is nearly 15,000 miles (25,000 kilometers) across.NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
I would think a 5-sided or 7-sided hexagon would be more bizarrre. A 6-sided hexagon seems pretty normal to me. Kudos to USA Today's crack team of journalists for that caption.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
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