Saturn in pictures: You never saw the Ringed Giant like THIS – Incredible Hubble photos

But why is the Ringed Giant painted in these unusual colours?

The incredible palette is the result of NASA’s Hubble looking at Saturn in infrared wavelengths of light.

The colours shift in hue with changes in the atmosphere’s density and composition.

For instance, the dark purple at the South Pole suggests a big hole has opened in the atmosphere.

The lighter red and orange colours, on the other hand, indicate a haze above Saturn’s cloud coverage.