# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BS_m2T_BMbS
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11736046-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2017-04-17T16:52:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Watercolor world! When imaged at infrared wavelengths that pierce the planet's upper haze layer, the high-speed winds of Saturn's atmosphere produce watercolor-like patterns. With no solid surface creating atmospheric drag, winds on Saturn can reach speeds of more than 1,100 miles per hour (1,800 kilometers per hour) -- some of the fastest in the solar system.

The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Dec. 2, 2016, with a combination of spectral filters which preferentially admits wavelengths of near-infrared light centered at 728 nanometers.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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