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Saturn seen by Cassini spacecraft
author: Nasa/JPL/SSI/Novapix
reference: a-sat05-10044
Image Size 300 DPI: 12 * 12 cm
Stately Saturn sits surrounded by its darkened disk of ice. An increasing range of hues has become visible in the northern hemisphere as spring approaches and the ring shadows slide southward. This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 17 degrees above the ringplane. Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters were combined to create this natural color view. The images were acquired with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on April 15, 2008 at a distance of approximately 1.5 million kilometers (906,000 miles) from Saturn. Image scale is 84 kilometers (52 miles) per pixel.
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