Friday, June 30, 2006

Shadows on Saturn


Wow. What a gorgeous shot of Saturn's rings casting shadows on the planet.

This will be one of Cassini's last shots of the rings more-or-less edge-on. Towards the end of July (after two close flybys of Titan), they'll begin moving Cassini by 180 degrees with respect to the sun - which will give us, at the end of the year-long manuever, a view "looking down" at the rings. It's going to be a spectacular year!

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