Saturnian Super-Storm "Alley"!

Storm Alley's latest, greatest resident, the recent lightning-producing storm seen by the Cassini spacecraft and Earth-based observers churns away. Turbulent eddies to the West (left) of the storm indicate that it is moving eastward relative to the westward-flowing winds at this latitude on Saturn.

Scientists gave the nickname "Storm Alley" to the area around 35° South Latitude because of the large amount of activity seen there from the beginning of the Cassini spacecraft's approach to Saturn in early 2004. The Region has spawned two large and powerful storms since the Cassini spacecraft began observations.

The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Feb. 16, 2006, using a filter sensitive to wavelengths of infrared light centered at 750 nanometers, and at a distance of approx. 3,2 MKM (such as about 2 MMs) from Saturn. The image scale is roughly 19 Km (about 12 miles) per pixel.