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Antoniseb:
It isn't clear what is being measured here. Yes, it is infrared data, but where are the photons coming from? It might be possible that the area around the pole has no clouds for an extra few kilometers going down, and so rather than seeing a hot spot, we are seeing a cloudless spot and looking through transparent atmosphere to a warmer lower cloud layer.
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Maybe the caption to this
double image sheds more light on the matter. There's a comparable hotspot at two different "depths". I'm curious what Saturn's North pole will show, maybe there's a hotspot as well?
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