Bruce Murray Space Image Library

Fine-scale waves in Saturn's rings

Fine-scale waves in Saturn's rings
Fine-scale waves in Saturn's rings Cassini took this photo on 4 June 2017, close to periapsis on its seventh "Grand Finale" orbit, when it passed between the planet and the rings. It has been cleaned of cosmic ray hits and detector noise. NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Emily Lakdawalla