The Lord of the Rings (natural colors; credits: NASA)

Caption NASA:"As Saturn advances in its orbit toward Equinox and the Sun gradually moves Northward on the Planet, the motion of Saturn's Ring shadows and the changing colors of its atmosphere continue to transform the face of Saturn as seen by Cassini.

This captivating natural color view was created from images collected shortly after Cassini began its extended Equinox Mission in July 2008. It can be contrasted with earlier images from the Spacecraft's four-year Prime Mission that show the shadow of Saturn's Rings first draped high over the Planet's Northern Hemisphere, then shifting Southward as Northern Summer changed to Spring.
During this time, the colors of the Northern Hemisphere have evolved from azure/blue to a multitude of muted-colored bands.

This mosaic combines 30 images — 10 each of red, green and blue light — taken over the course of approximately two hours as Cassini panned its wide-angle camera across the entire Planet and Ring System on July 23, 2008, from a southerly elevation of 6°.

Six moons complete this constructed panorama: Titan, Janus, Mimas, Pandora, Epimetheus and Enceladus.

NASA's Cassini Spacecraft captured these images at a distance of approx. 1,1 MKM (such as about 690.000 miles) from Saturn and at a Sun-Saturn-Spacecraft, or phase, angle of 20°. Image scale is roughly 70 Km (about 43,6 miles) per pixel".