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Keywords: rings, Encke gap, Saturn, cassini spacecraft, Moon
![Прометей и кольца Сатурна](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/12/17/0001201535/prometheus_cassini_b.preview.jpg)
17.12.2004
In Greek Mythology, Prometheus was known for stealing fire from the gods. Ironically, in a story for more modern times Prometheus may also become known for stealing, but this time for stealing icy particles from Saturn's rings.
![Сатурн и Веста в Тельце](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/03/12/0001175236/taurus_orman_c1.preview.jpg)
18.01.2002
Last November, while skygazing toward the constellation Taurus, astrophotographer Joe Orman arranged this time exposure to include the lovely Hyades and Pleiades star clusters in the field of his telephoto lens. A distance...
![Затмение Венеры днем](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/06/20/0001222469/venuseclipse_heinzen.preview.jpg)
20.06.2007
Something was about to happen. Just two days ago, two of the three celestial objects easily visible during the day appeared to collide. But actually, Earth's Moon passed well in front of the distant planet Venus. The occultation was caught from Switzerland in the hours before sunset.
![Голубой Сатурн](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/02/11/0001202855/mimasBlue_cassini_c68.preview.jpg)
11.02.2005
Serene blue hues highlight this view of Saturn's northern hemisphere from the Cassini spacecraft. The image has been adjusted to approximate the natural blue color of visible sunlight scattered by the gas giant's upper atmosphere.
![Вращение сатурна](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2001/04/27/0001167762/satrotmovie_hst.small.preview.gif)
3.10.2000
The dramatic rotation of the cloud-tops of Saturn every ten-hours is particularly evident from orbit around the gas giant planet. With a good enough telescope, however, such rotation is visible even from Earth, as shown by this time-lapse image sequence from the Hubble Space Telescope taken in November 1990.
![Луна и Венера](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2001/03/15/0001166683/mve1997_tezel_big.preview.jpg)
28.07.2000
July is drawing to a close and in the past few days, some early morning risers could have looked east and seen a crescent Moon sharing the pre-dawn skies with planets Jupiter and Saturn.
![Полярное сияние на Сатурне](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/11/10/0001194806/sataurora_hst_big.preview.jpg)
9.01.1998
Girdling the second largest planet in the Solar System, Saturn's Rings are one of the most spectacular sights for earthbound telescopes. This recently released image, from the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope's STIS instrument, offers a striking view of another kind of ring around Saturn - pole encircling rings of ultraviolet aurora.
![Полярное сияние на Сатурне](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2000/12/19/0001162422/saturnaurora_hst_big.preview.jpg)
17.09.2000
Girdling the second largest planet in the Solar System, Saturn's Rings are one of the most spectacular sights for earthbound telescopes. This image from the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope's STIS instrument, offers a striking view of another kind of ring around Saturn - pole encircling rings of ultraviolet aurora.
![Смотря на Сатурн сзади](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/15/0001192353/saturn_down_vg1.preview.gif)
21.09.1997
This picture of Saturn could not have been taken from Earth. No Earth based picture could possibly view the night side of Saturn and the corresponding shadow cast across Saturn's rings. Since Earth is much closer to the Sun than Saturn, only the day side of the planet is visible from the Earth.
![Просвечивание солнечного света через кольца Сатурна](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/26/0001179337/satbelow_hst_big.preview.gif)
11.05.1996
Normally, Earth based astronomers view Saturn's spectacular ring system fully illuminated by reflected sunlight. However, this November 1995 Hubble Space Telescope composite image was made to take advantage of an unusual perspective, with the Sun actually illuminating the rings from below.
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