Ladies and gentlemen, if that bus-sized space gizmo
doesn't get hit by a stray rock, this is gonna
be some kind of show.
Rings and Shadows
May 25, 2004
Saturn's rings cast threadlike shadows on the planet's northern hemisphere. Note the translucent C ring, and thin outermost F ring. The image was taken with the Cassini narrow angle camera in visible light on May 10, 2004, at a distance of 27.2 million kilometers (16.9 million miles) from Saturn. Image scale is 162 kilometers (101 miles) per pixel.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit,
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov
and the Cassini imaging team home page,
http://ciclops.org
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
