Saturns Rings from the Dark Side . ... Credit Copyright: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA Explanation: What do Saturn's rings look like from the dark side? From Earth, we usually see Saturn's rings from the same side of the ring plane that the Sun illuminates them -- one might call this the bright side. Geometrically, in the above picture taken in August by the robot Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn , the Sun is behind the camera but on the other side of the ring plane. ...