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Mimas and Saturn in real colors
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Caption NASA originale:"In a splendid portrait created by light and gravity, Saturn's lonely moon Mimas is seen against the cool, blue-streaked backdrop of Saturn's northern hemisphere. Delicate shadows cast by the rings arc gracefully across the planet, fading into darkness on Saturn's night side. The bright blue swath near Mimas is created by sunlight passing through the Cassini division (4.800 Km wide). The rightmost part of this distinctive feature is slightly overexposed and therefore bright white in this image. Shadows of several thin ringlets within the division can be seen here as well. The dark band that stretches across the center of the image is the shadow of Saturn's B-Ring, the densest of the main rings. Part of the actual Cassini division appears at the bottom, along with the A-Ring and the narrow, outer F-Ring. The A-Ring is transparent enough that, from this viewing angle, the atmosphere and threadlike shadows cast by the inner C-Ring are visible through it".
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