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Three, for one and the same: Saturn, in infrared light
Caption NASA:"This false-color image of Saturn was constructed by combining 3 images at 3 different infrared wavelengths. 
The image at the upper left was taken at 1,3 microns, where both Saturn and its Rings strongly reflect light. The center image in the top panel was taken at 2,4 microns, where the Rings strongly reflect light, but Saturn, because of the methane in its atmosphere, absorbs most of the light. The third image on the right in the panel was taken at a wavelength of 5 microns where, because they are composed of almost pure water ice, the Rings absorb almost all the light, and Saturn, because its interior is warm, glows. Assigning each of the three images to blue, green and red, respectively, results in the beautiful, false-color, composite image shown here. 

These images were taken on June 21, 2004, with Cassini's VIMS (Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer) from a distance of approx. 6,35 MKM (about 3,94 MMs) from Saturn".
Parole chiave: Saturn

Three, for one and the same: Saturn, in infrared light

Caption NASA:"This false-color image of Saturn was constructed by combining 3 images at 3 different infrared wavelengths.
The image at the upper left was taken at 1,3 microns, where both Saturn and its Rings strongly reflect light. The center image in the top panel was taken at 2,4 microns, where the Rings strongly reflect light, but Saturn, because of the methane in its atmosphere, absorbs most of the light. The third image on the right in the panel was taken at a wavelength of 5 microns where, because they are composed of almost pure water ice, the Rings absorb almost all the light, and Saturn, because its interior is warm, glows. Assigning each of the three images to blue, green and red, respectively, results in the beautiful, false-color, composite image shown here.

These images were taken on June 21, 2004, with Cassini's VIMS (Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer) from a distance of approx. 6,35 MKM (about 3,94 MMs) from Saturn".

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