South Polar Vortex Forming as Winter Starts (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

South Polar Vortex Forming as Winter Starts

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As winter sets in at Titan's south pole, a cloud system called the south polar vortex (small, bright 'button') has been forming, as seen in this 2013 image.

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Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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