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“This glorious view of Saturn was taken while the Cassini spacecraft was in Saturn’s shadow. The cameras were turned toward Saturn and the sun so that the planet and rings are backlit. In addition to the visual splendor, this special, very-high-phase viewing geometry lets scientists study ring and atmosphere phenomena not easily seen at a lower phase.” - NASA JPL Read more here.

“This glorious view of Saturn was taken while the Cassini spacecraft was in Saturn’s shadow. The cameras were turned toward Saturn and the sun so that the planet and rings are backlit. In addition to the visual splendor, this special, very-high-phase viewing geometry lets scientists study ring and atmosphere phenomena not easily seen at a lower phase.” - NASA JPL


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    Saturn is my favorite planet.
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    Cassini why are you so perfect always
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