PIA02239: Saturn's Red Spot
This false color image from NASA's Voyager 1, taken on November 6, 1980 from a distance of about 8 million kilometers, shows somewhat similar, although much smaller, red spot on Saturn.
 Target Name:  Saturn
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Voyager 
 Spacecraft:  Voyager 1
 Instrument:  VG ISS - Narrow Angle 
 Product Size:  600 x 600 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Producer ID:  2601217  
 Primary Data Set:  Voyager EDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02239.tif (677.6 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02239.jpg (93.67 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This false color image, taken on November 6, 1980 from a distance of about 8 million kilometers, shows somewhat similar, although much smaller, red spot on Saturn. False color was used to make the faint spot more visible.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2000-02-07