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The C-Ring and the Upper Atmosphere of Saturn (MULTISPECTRUM-2; credits: Lunexit)
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Caption NASA:"Saturn's C-Ring emerges from behind the Planet's hazy limb. This view looks toward the sunlit side of the Rings from about 15° below the Ring-Plane.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini Spacecraft narrow-angle camera on June 17, 2008. The view was obtained at a distance of approx. 937.000 Km (such as about 582.000 miles) from Saturn.
Image scale is roughly 5 Km (a little more than 3 miles) per pixel".
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