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  • Cassini Captures Saturnian Dawn: Stunning View of Sunlit Atmosphere and Icy Rings
    Cassini Captures Saturnian Dawn: Stunning View of Sunlit Atmosphere and Icy Rings

    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

    NASA's Cassini spacecraft peers toward a sliver of Saturn's sunlit atmosphere while the icy rings stretch across the foreground as a dark band.

    This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 7 degrees below the ring plane. The image was taken in green light with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on March 31, 2017.

    The view was obtained at a distance of approximately 620,000 miles (1 million kilometers) from Saturn. Image scale is 38 miles (61 kilometers) per pixel.


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