# Stationary hurricane within hexagonal ring on Saturn North Pole

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 30, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stationary-hurricane-within-hexagonal-ring-on-saturn-north-pole/657060 "2013-04-30T01:23:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stationary-hurricane-within-hexagonal-ring-on-saturn-north-pole/657060/1 "2013-04-30T01:23:35Z")

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Amazing video/JPL news report [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75RnmfKNiP8&feature=youtube_gdata_player).

Guy says they’re trying to figure it out. Any Dopers want to help him–meaning me–out?

Also, how do you get a hexagonal cloud ring?

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stationary-hurricane-within-hexagonal-ring-on-saturn-north-pole/657060/2 "2013-04-30T01:39:35Z")

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I read somewhere that scientists were able to reproduce similar patterns by spinning water around really fast in a bucket. They think high rotation speeds have something to do with it.