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APOD: 2026 June 16 Á Moons, Rings, Shadows, Clouds: Saturn Cassini
Explanation:
While cruising around Saturn, be on the lookout for
picturesque arrangements of moons, rings, and shadows.
One such striking sight
occurred in 2005 and was captured by
the then Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft.
In the featured image, moons
Mimas (left)
and Tethys (right)
are visible on either side of
Saturn's thin rings, which are seen nearly edge-on.
Across the top of
Saturn are dark
shadows of the wide rings,
exhibiting their impressive complexity.
The
violet-light image brings up the texture of the backdrop:
Saturn's clouds.
Cassini orbited Saturn
from 2004 until mid-2017, when the
robotic spacecraft was directed to dive into Saturn to keep it from
contaminating any moons.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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Publications with words: Saturn
See also:
- APOD: 2026 June 1 Á Saturn at Night
- APOD: 2026 May 6 Á The Retrograde Dance of Saturn and Neptune
- APOD: 2025 October 5 Á A Long Storm System on Saturn
- APOD: 2025 November 16 Á Crossing Saturns Ring Plane
- APOD: 2025 September 25 Á Saturn Opposite the Sun
- APOD: 2025 September 22 Á Equinox at Saturn
- APOD: 2025 February 23 Á Saturn in Infrared from Cassini