Saturn and its rings,as seen by the wide angled camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This view looks toward the unlit side of the planet from a high phase angle,giving the rings a golden appearance. Light can be seen reflecting from the rings onto the planet's southern hemisphere. Saturn's B ring (top right corner) and C ring (gold) can be seen,with the more finely banded innermost D ring (brown,upper centre right) disappearing into shadow. Saturn's rings are mainly composed of ice and dust particles. Image taken on 28th September 2006,from a distance of 1.4 million kilometres away | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / SSI / JPL / NASA |
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