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Saturn global view from Cassini, rings open

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Saturn global view from Cassini, rings open Cassini captured the 30 frames required to construct this mosaic on July 23, 2008, from a distance of about a million kilometers. About a year before Saturn's equinox, the ring shadows have shifted from where they were early in Cassini's mission to a fat arc a little above the equator.

NASA / JPL / SSI / color composite by Gordan Ugarkovic

Copyright holder: Gordan Ugarkovic

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Contact us to request publication permission from the copyright holder. Original image data dated on or about July 23, 2008

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