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hello and welcome to NASA's Jet

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Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena

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California I'm Todd barber with your

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latest news from saturn the familiar

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banded appearance of Saturn's atmosphere

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was recently investigated by Cassini

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these bands are caused by zonal winds

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like jet streams on planet Earth and

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they're often flanked by giant rotating

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storms or Eddie's and yet another

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example of planetary science reminding

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us how much we have to learn we now

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believe these powerful jet streams are

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actually driven by the eddies this is

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exactly the opposite of what we thought

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prior to Cassini Jupiter may be the

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giant of our solar system but in my

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humble opinion Saturn is the gym in this

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recent breathtaking natural color image

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there's as much artistry and sublime

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beauty as there is science our quick

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thinking radar team actually retargeted

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their instrument to more optimally view

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this apparent sibling of Earth's Caspian

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Sea this enabled a better look at this

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intriguing feature most importantly it

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might offer further evidence for surface

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liquid on a body other than the earth

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perhaps even with estimates of the

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amount of liquid in this otherworldly

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organic see Cassini's next Titan flyby

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will be on May 28 2007 and it will be

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primarily devoted to radio science the

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properties of titans polar atmosphere

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including the north polar vortex will

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reveal themselves during this unique

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geometric opportunity the spacecraft

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will also image a bright surface feature

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on Titan named Dillman using infrared

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and visible light cameras from Pasadena

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California this is Todd barber with