Smokey Ice
The Cassini spacecraft peers through the fine, smoke-sized ice particles of Saturn's F ring toward the cratered face of Mimas. The F ring's core, which contains significantly larger particles, is dense enough to completely block the light from Mimas.

Look at the Cassini site for details.

























1 Comments:
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At 9:24 AM, January 03, 2008
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->Another amazing photo.
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