# Saturn's Mysterious Hexagon Emerges from Winter Darkness **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 13, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saturns-mysterious-hexagon-emerges-from-winter-darkness/77184 "2009-12-13T03:44:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saturns-mysterious-hexagon-emerges-from-winter-darkness/77184/1 "2009-12-13T03:44:07Z")
[http://www.nasa.gov/mission\_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassini20091209.html](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassini20091209.html) > After waiting years for the sun to illuminate Saturn’s north pole again, cameras aboard NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have captured the most detailed images yet of the intriguing hexagon shape crowning the planet. > > The new images of the hexagon, whose shape is the path of a jet stream flowing around the north pole, reveal concentric circles, curlicues, walls and streamers not seen in previous images. Click the link to read on. Maybe it’s just the nerd in me, but I think its awesome and intriguing. Since reading about it I can’t stop trying to figure it out. ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saturns-mysterious-hexagon-emerges-from-winter-darkness/77184/2 "2009-12-13T04:39:39Z")
def is awesome, this kinda stuff always fascinates me ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saturns-mysterious-hexagon-emerges-from-winter-darkness/77184/3 "2009-12-13T04:43:35Z")
def is awesome, this kinda stuff always fascinates me ---
**Author:** ![Southtowns27](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/southtowns27/32/5002_2.png) [@Southtowns27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Southtowns27)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saturns-mysterious-hexagon-emerges-from-winter-darkness/77184/4 "2009-12-13T06:43:04Z")
def is awesome, this kinda stuff always fascinates me ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saturns-mysterious-hexagon-emerges-from-winter-darkness/77184/5 "2009-12-13T07:00:47Z")
def is awesome, this kinda stuff always fascinates me ---
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saturns-mysterious-hexagon-emerges-from-winter-darkness/77184/6 "2009-12-13T07:02:15Z")
def is awesome, this kinda stuff always fascinates me ---
**Author:** ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saturns-mysterious-hexagon-emerges-from-winter-darkness/77184/7 "2009-12-13T07:17:53Z")
def is awesome, this kinda stuff always fascinates me ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saturns-mysterious-hexagon-emerges-from-winter-darkness/77184/8 "2009-12-13T07:22:01Z")
def is awesome architecutally, still i’d like to visit Saturn’s moon Minglor some day… it always fascinates me ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saturns-mysterious-hexagon-emerges-from-winter-darkness/77184/9 "2009-12-13T07:42:23Z")
def is awesome, this kinda stuff always fascinates me ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saturns-mysterious-hexagon-emerges-from-winter-darkness/77184/10 "2009-12-13T12:08:29Z")
def is awesome, this kinda stuff always fascinates me ---
**Author:** ![frost12850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2acd7d/32.png) [@frost12850](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/frost12850)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saturns-mysterious-hexagon-emerges-from-winter-darkness/77184/11 "2009-12-14T09:54:46Z")
def is awesome, this kinda stuff always fascinates me ---
**Author:** ![glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saturns-mysterious-hexagon-emerges-from-winter-darkness/77184/12 "2009-12-14T10:21:47Z")
Meh, I’ve seen better Hexagon crowns architecurally, but that is pretty bad ass. ---
**Author:** ![Geoff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geoff/32/6104_2.png) [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saturns-mysterious-hexagon-emerges-from-winter-darkness/77184/13 "2009-12-14T10:32:25Z")
LOL I was so wrecked on Hexagon Crowns last night, Fucking fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saturns-mysterious-hexagon-emerges-from-winter-darkness/77184/14 "2009-12-14T10:36:04Z")
I heard if you bring 2 gallons of Hexagon Crowns to Wegmans you get a free keg.