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Cool Shadow
Posted on Monday, October 28, 2013
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Waspie_Dwarf

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Uploader comment: The shadow of Saturn cuts across the rings in this recent Cassini spacecraft image. As the ring particles enter Saturn's shadow, their temperature drops to even colder temperatures, only to warm back up again when they re-emerge into the sunlight.
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