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And on Saturn...

The northern aurora is near the hexagon.

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpegMod/PIA09185_modest.jpg


Maybe the meso-vorticies that might create the hexagon exist within the magnetic field, which drives/modifies the currents in the gaseous outer layers...is the magnetic field rotating at a different speed than the outer gas layers...maybe that small metallic core is spinning like crazy?

(Just armwaving, waiting for Robert to correct the simulation......)

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