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Saturn: the Ringed Beauty
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Caption NASA:"(...) This infrared view from high above Saturn's Ring-Plane highlights the contrast in the cloud bands, the dimly glowing rings and their shadows on the Gas Giant Planet. The overall effect is stirring.
This view looks toward the unlit side of the Rings from about 48° above the Ring-Plane.
The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera using a combination of spectral filters sensitive to wavelengths of polarized infrared light.
The view was obtained on Feb. 12, 2007 at a distance of approx. 1,7 MKM (about 1 MMs) from Saturn and at a Sun-Saturn-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 144°.
Image scale is roughly 191 Km (about 119 miles) per pixel".
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