Bruce Murray Space Image Library
Saturn quadruple transit
![Saturn quadruple transit](https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_768x642_crop_center-center_60_line/43426/20120913_saturn_hubble_20090224_quadruple-transit.jpg 768w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_576x481_crop_center-center_60_line/43426/20120913_saturn_hubble_20090224_quadruple-transit.jpg 576w)
The photo was taken just a few months before equinox, and the rings cast nearly no shadow onto the planet. Saturn's oblate shape is obvious in this very nearly full-phase view.
Bruce Murray Space Image Library
The photo was taken just a few months before equinox, and the rings cast nearly no shadow onto the planet. Saturn's oblate shape is obvious in this very nearly full-phase view.