Cirrus-like clouds in the upper atmosphere of Saturn

A gorgeous close-up look at the Saturnian (upper) atmosphere reveals small, bright and puffy clouds with long filamentary streamers that are reminiscent of the anvil-shaped Earthly cirrus clouds that extend downwind of thunderstorms. Dark ring shadows hang over the scene while the Planet rotates beneath.
The image was taken in infrared light (939 nnmts) with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Oct. 29, 2005, at a distance of approximately 388.000 Km (roughly 241.000 miles) from Saturn.
The image scale is 20 Km (about 12 miles) per pixel.
The image was contrast enhanced to improve visibility of features in the atmosphere.