The Bruce Murray Space Image Library
NASA / JPL / SSI / color animation by Gordan Ugarkovic
These eclipses were most frequent around Saturn's equinox. Cassini's science team is particularly interested in using the eclipses to study how the temperature of the icy surface drops after its quick plunge into darkness, and, later, how quickly it heats when the lights come back on again.
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Original image data dated on or about August 19, 2008
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