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__The Mystery Hexagon of SATURN__

By sophia torres Cantella

In 1979 The sattelite "Voyager" takes some photos form one fo the more beautiful planets, "Saturn". In this photos that were seen by the NASA, we can see that there is a shape of six sides all over the North Pole it is Hexagon. This is a strangee fenomenum that Hexagon have perfect sides that are rect, The shape is about25.000 km, inside of this shape are many winds that cause hurricans and tornadoes, inside this there can be located four planets like the Earth with the same size. The last photos with this Hexagon were take by the sattelite "Cassini" and scientists say maybe this can dissapear in mamy years. Saturn is the only planet that has a shape on its pole any other palnet has it said scientists form NASA. The Hexagon has around 50 years of been there and sometimes is brigter that the "Cassini" can take clear its photos. The hexagon of Saturn have 25000 km ( 15 000 miles) and is very deep is about 75 km. The hexagon rotates. Now 2008 the photos show that the Hexagon has grow 60km aprox. is really big!!!!

The Hexagon was not so visible because the dense atmosphere of Saturn doesn't permites to see this, that's because the "Voyager" and "Cassini" had to take the Hexagon photos 1.3 million of kilometers far away.

The sattelites use many special ways to take the photos, the Hexagon rotates in its own axis and have a little hexagon inside that also rotates.







SOPHIA TORRES CANTELLA......

HURRICANES

A hurricane is a huge storm! It can be up to 600 miles across and have strong winds spiraling inward and upward at speeds of 75 to 200 mph. Each hurricane usually lasts for over a week, moving 10-20 miles per hour over the open ocean. Hurricanes are a mix of heat and energy through contact with warm ocean waters. Evaporation from the seawater increases their power. Hurricanes rotate in a counter-clockwise direction around an "eye." The center of the storm or "eye" is the calmest part. It has only light winds and fair weather. When they come on land, the heavy rain, strong winds and large waves can damage buildings, trees and cars. huricane: OMAR Hurricane Omar was weakening and moving away from the Northern Leeward Islands on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 11:00 a.m. The image was made from data captured by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite on Oct. 15 at 14:32 Zulu Time or 10:32 a.m. as it passed overhead in space. This image shows the horizontal pattern of rain intensity within Omar. The center is located near the yellow, green and red areas, which indicate rainfall between 20 and 40 millimeters (.78 to 1.57 inches) per hour. The red area is considered moderate rainfall.

On Oct. 16, the threat of heavy rainfall still exists for northern and central Lesser Antilles as Omar pulls away. Omar is expected to produce additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches with maximum amounts up to 6 inches over portions of the northern and central Lesser Antilles from Antigua southward to Martinique. Source: NASA [|www.nasa.gov] Huricane: Ike NEWS !!!!! For the first time in the 2008 hurricane season, there are four tropical cyclones active in the Atlantic Ocean basin on one day (Sept. 2). September is considered the center of the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season, and in the first week of September there were four tropical cyclones that forecasters were watching.

Why is September the center month for hurricanes? NASA oceanographer, Bill Patzert at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., provided the answer: "Hurricanes are fueled by warm ocean temperatures and September is the end of the Northern Hemisphere ocean warming season. The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season started early with the formation of Tropical Storm Arthur on May 30, from the remnants of the eastern Pacific Ocean's first storm, Alma, which crossed Central America and reformed in the Gulf of Mexico. It took one month and four days for the next storm to form, Bertha. Now, the action is definitely picking up. The tropical Atlantic is warm, but not unusually so. In the tropical Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, temperatures are certainly well above the 80 degree Fahrenheit threshold, so conditions are ripe for generating and sustaining major tropical storms and hurricanes."

Once a powerful Category 3 hurricane, now a tropical depression, Gustav moved from northwest Louisiana into northeastern Texas and into Arkansas by Sept. 3. Like Tropical Storm Fay in August, Gustav's legacy will lie in large rainfall totals. According to the National Hurricane Center's discussion on Sept. 2, "Storm total rainfalls are expected to be five to ten Inches with isolated maximums of 15 inches over portions of Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi. Rainfall amounts of 4-8 inches have been already reported in parts of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana." Tropical Storm Hanna formed near the Leeward Islands from the eighth tropical depression. Observed by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite to contain a deep and intense thunderstorm tower on Sept. 1 (often a precursor to intensification), it subsequently strengthened briefly into a hurricane before weakening under the influence of vertical wind shear (winds that can weaken or tear a tropical cyclone apart). On Sept. 3 and 4 Hanna was pounding the Bahamas with heavy rains and tropical storm force winds, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The ninth tropical depression of the year formed some 1,200 miles east of the Leeward Islands and has blown up into Tropical Storm Ike. On Sept. 4, Ike strengthened into a major hurricane, Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, with maximum sustained winds near 145 mph. Ike is forecast to head west and may also affect the Bahamas.

Behind Ike, on Sept. 2, the tenth tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean basin was born. Tropical Depression 10 formed west of the African coast, so it has a long way to go before it has any impact on the U.S. or the Caribbean. By the late morning, that tropical cyclone became Tropical Storm Josephine.

In August, Fay's ten-day romp from the U.S. Southeast northward up the Appalachian Mountains seemed like a harbinger for September's storms. Fay took her time going northward and dumped tremendous amounts of rain along the way. Melbourne Beach, Fla., received as much as 25.28 inches of rain. Other cities in various states reported high totals: Thomasville, Ga., reported 17.43 inches; Camden, Ala., received 6.85 inches; Beaufort, S.C., received 6.11 inches; Carthage, Tenn., reported 5.30 inches, and Charlotte, N.C., reported 5.90 inches. Fay was a perfect example of how weaker tropical storms can cause flooding inland. Source: NASA www.nasa.gov



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