High Northern Latitudes

Caption NASA originale:"This infrared view looks toward middle to High Northern Latitudes on Saturn, revealing entrancing meanders in the clouds. The cloud patterns transition from puffier looking in the South - possibly a region of shear - to smoother oval shapes in the North.
Cassini's view of high latitudes will improve beginning in late July 2006 as the spacecraft's orbit leaves the Ring-Plane and is cranked up to higher inclinations.

The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of infrared light centered at 939 nanometers. The view was obtained on June 30, 2006 at a distance of approx. 336.000 Km (about 209.000 miles) from Saturn. Image scale is roughly 16 Km (about 10 miles) per pixel".