NASA’s Cassini can hear it when lightning crashes on Saturn

Some folks can go to sleep to the calming pitter patter of gentle rain. Yeah, we are not those people. But lets be swayed right into a somnolent stupor if those sounds came from epic storms — on Saturn. Captured by NASA’s Cassini probe last March, this 11-second clip of AM radio-like electrostatic is really the agency’s first glimpse into storm activity at the planet’s Northern Hemisphere. Alright, so we admit the recording’s more of a weak ‘snap, crackle and fizzy pop’ than outright terror-inducing awe, but still these are the noises of another world. Wouldn’t it help if we told you this storm’s been raging since December 2010 and hasn’t shown any signs of forestalling? Shocking, we all know. It is not all doom and gloom, though because the folks behind Cassini think this is often simply an indication of impending summer. So basically, it’s spring break on the saturnine Señor Frogs. Check the source for a sample of otherworldly rumbles.

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