Saturn at Equinox
I choose to read about Saturn at the equinox because the picture drew me in. It is incredible that something so large can be projected as something that seems so small. It took a digital composite of 75 images to create this image. Every 15 years Saturn's rings point towards Earth, creating an illusion of the rings disappearing. Saturn's rings are so thin that when this event occurs, a visual from Earth displays an edge on appearance. However; the image displayed was taking from an orbiting spacecraft, called Cassini.
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