... Credit: Gordan Ugarkovic Emily Lakdawalla Explanation: What would the rings of Saturn look like if you passed right through the ring plane? To find out, NASA aimed cameras from the Cassini spacecraft right at Saturn's rings as the robotic explorer passed from the sunlit side of the rings to the shadowed side . ... The extreme thinness of Saturn's rings can be appreciated from frames taken near the crossing time. ... Publications with keywords: Saturn . ... Saturn s Ancient Rings . ...