Bruce Murray Space Image Library
Saturn quadruple transit

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.