Friday, December 08, 2006

The Dark Side of the Rings

dark side of the rings
Another unbelievable shot from Cassini - from last month.

Crescent Saturn is girded by its dark belt of ice in this marvelous portrait of the planet and the "dark" side of its rings. This is the unlit side of the rings, where sunlight filters feebly through the lanes of particles.

This view is a mosaic of two images. No data were taken to fill in the missing block in the upper left quadrant, and the inner part of the rings is cut off there.

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