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Ice, Clouds, Gravity, and Light

Filed under pretty pictures, Saturn, Saturn's rings, Cassini

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Ice, Clouds, Gravity, and Light The incomparable Saturn, its translucent rings, and the shadows they cast across the planet, as seen by the robotic spacecraft Cassini. The image was taken on August 2, 2012, and received on Earth two days later.

NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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This image is in the public domain. Original image data dated on or about August 2, 2012

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