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Shadow on the Rings (Natural Colors; credits: Lunar Explorer Italia)
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Caption NASA:"The partial shadow of the moon Tethys demonstrates the variations in density across Saturn's Rings.
As the Cassini Spacecraft looks toward the unilluminated side of the Rings from about 37° above the Ring-Plane, part of Tethys' shadow is seen lying across the A-Ring and Cassini Division. The densest part of the A-Ring and the denser B-Ring let neither sunlight nor the darkness of Tethys' shadow pass through to the Spacecraft's camera, so the moon's shadow appears cut off. The B-Ring instead appears brightly lit here from Saturnshine. Tethys is not shown.
As Saturn approaches its August 2009 Equinox, the planet's moons cast shadows onto the Rings. (...)
The image was taken in Visible Light with the Cassini Spacecraft wide-angle camera on April 17, 2009. The view was obtained at a distance of approx. 1,3 MKM (about 808.000 miles) from Saturn and at a Phase Angle of 120°.
Image scale is roughly 75 Km (about 47 miles) per pixel".
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