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February 5th, 2009 | Tags: Cassini, natural color, Saturn | Published in latest, pictures | 3 Comments
Cassini’s view as it passed through the shadow of Saturn and caught a glimpse of the backlit rings and the ice moon Tethys. This image comes to us in natural color as processed by Gordan Ugarkovic.
Sent by: Cassini | From: Saturn | Released: January, 2009 | Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/Ugarkovic | Image source
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February 7th, 2009at 10:07 am(#)
Is that bright spot the light from Tethys reflecting from the rings?
February 8th, 2009at 4:42 am(#)
No, that’s where the rings start to curve back around so they look brighter at that point. It just so happens Saturn’s shadow split the rings almost in half, only the far side is visible.
If you could see the entire rings, they’d be very compressed as the view is from just above the ring plane.
September 8th, 2010at 8:04 am(#)
looks fab though