Saturn viewed edge wise

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Saturn viewed edge wise

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We won't be seeing a Saturn without rings (viewed edge wise) for a few more years from Earth but the Cassini space probe gets to see it close up.
See the amazing attached image. Those bands on the planet are actually the shadows of the rings!! Nice, eh? :-)

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