Slightly Beneath Saturn's Ring Plane

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zorg.ch #85523 by [z]Barbara Harris @ 06.04.2006 00:00 - nach oben - Slightly Beneath Saturn's Ring Plane Explanation: When orbiting Saturn, be sure to watch for breathtaking superpositions of moons, rings, and shadows. One such >picturesque vista was visible recently to the >robot Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn. In late February, Cassini captured Rhea, the second largest moon of Saturn, while looking up from slightly beneath Saturn's expansive ring plane. >Signature dark gaps are visible in the nearly edge-on rings. A shadow of Saturn's F ring cuts across the cratered ice-moon. Cassini is >scheduled to continue sending back images from the orbit of Saturn until at least 2008. Credit & Copyright