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Spokes in the B-Ring (Natural Colors; credits: Lunar Explorer Italia)
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Caption NASA:"As Cassini sped around Saturn, the Spacecraft turned to snap this image of bright Spokes giving chase around the B-Ring.
These radial markings are appearing more often as Saturn approaches Equinox (August 2009) (see also PIA11144).
This view looks toward the sunlit side of the rings from about 31° below the Ring-Plane.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini Spacecraft wide-angle camera on Feb. 2, 2009. The view was acquired from a distance of approx. 578.000 Km (such as about 359.000 miles) from Saturn and at a Sun-Saturn-Spacecraft, or Phase, Angle of 144°.
Image scale is roughly 30 Km (about 20 miles) per pixel".
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