Ring Shadows
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is beginning to change its orbital inclination so that it can fly over Saturn’s poles during the final year of its mission in 2017. In this image, Cassini is flying 16 degrees from the equator, giving it a look down at the sunlit rings and the shadows they cast on the planet.
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