Saturn's Ring System
Both the limb of Saturn and the shadow of its ring system are seen through the transparent C-ring in this striking picture taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Nov. 9, 1980 at a distance of 4.5 million kilometers (3 million miles). Gaps and regions of high transparency are seen throughout the C-ring, especially in the area closest to the opaque B-ring. Shadows of the A-, B-, and C-rings are clearly visible on the disk of Saturn. The C-ring shadow showing the gaps described above is the uppermost shadow; below this is the very black shadow of the opaque B-ring, then the Cassini Division, and at the bottom, the shadow of the A-ring.
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Image details
ID#:
PIA01374
Date added:
1998-11-12
Target:
S Rings
Mission:
Voyager
Spacecraft:
Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Instruments:
Voyager 1
Size:
500 x 500 pixels (width x height)
Rating:
Views:
2,040
Full-Res TIFF:
PIA01374.tif (0.18 MB)
Full-Res JPG:
PIA01374.jpg (0.03 MB)
Image credit:
NASA/JPL
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