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Description Saturn eclipse crop.jpg	English: Saturn eclipsing the sun, seen from behind from the Cassini orbiter. The image is a composite assembled from images taken by the Cassini spacecraft on 15 September, 2006. Individual rings seen include (in order, starting from most distant) * E ring * Pallene ring (visible very faintly in an arc just below Saturn) * G ring * Janus/Epimetheus ring (faint) * F ring (narrow brightest feature) * Main rings (A,B,C) * D ring (bluish, nearest Saturn) At full resolution, the distant Earth is visible as a dot above the left extremity of the main set of rings. Ring portion in front of Saturn almost matches Saturn's shadow so they receive virtually no light, showing the amount of visible light is blocked by the rings when viewed against Saturn. On Saturn, ringshine can be seen. The upper half of Saturn receives less light from ringshine than the lower half while the equator and poles receive the least light. For a detailed description, see http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08329 and http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=698 . Français : Saturne éclipsant le soleil, vu par la sonde cassini . Image composite. Les anneaux visibles sur cette photo sont (du plus externe au plus interne) * Anneau E * Anneau de Pallene (seul un arc est très faiblement visible juste sous Saturne) * Anneau G * Anneau de Janus et Epimetheus (faiblement visible) * Anneau F (très brillant et étroit) * Anneaux principaux (A,B,C) * Anneau D (bleuâtre)
Date	2 April 2010, 01:18 (UTC)
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