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Ring shadows

Started by Herp-art, 06/09/2009 03:13PM
Posted 06/09/2009 03:13PM | Edited 06/09/2009 03:16PM Opening Post
I came across this shot of Daphnis in the Saturn ring system on the Cassini website. I just thought it was cool because you almost never see any shadows on the rings other than Saturn itself. Besides its own shadow, Daphnis is stirring up the ring material in its own lane causing it to hump up and cast a shadow. Notice how the material keeps to one side of the lane, switching sides at the moon.
You can find a series of this scene here:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/?start=5&storedQ=2103399


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