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Saturn’s giant ’cane

This is what the storm looks like in natural light.

This is what the storm looks like in natural light. (AFP/Getty Images)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured stunning views of a monster hurricane at Saturn’s North Pole.

The eye of the cyclone is an enormous 1,250 miles across — 20 times larger than the typical eye of a terrestrial storm. And at the outer edge, its clouds are whipping around at 330 mph.