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The Rite of Spring
Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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Image credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Uploader comment: Of the countless equinoxes Saturn has seen since the birth of the solar system, this one, captured in a mosaic of light and dark, is the first witnessed up close by an emissary from Earth … none other than our faithful robotic explorer, Cassini.
Seen from our planet, the view of Saturn's rings during equinox is extremely foreshortened and limited.
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