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PIA01374: Saturn's Ring System
Both the limb of Saturn and the shadow of its ring system are seen through the transparent C-ring in this striking picture taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Nov. 9, 1980. Gaps and regions of high transparency are seen throughout the C-ring, especially in the a
 Target Name:  S Rings
 Is a satellite of:  Saturn
 Mission:  Voyager 
 Spacecraft:  Voyager 1
 Instrument:  VG ISS - Narrow Angle 
 Product Size:  500 x 500 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Producer ID:  P23083  
 Addition Date:  1998-11-13 
 Primary Data Set:  Voyager EDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA01374.tif (176.5 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA01374.jpg (26.16 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Both the limb of Saturn and the shadow of its ring system are seen through the transparent C-ring in this striking picture taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Nov. 9, 1980 at a distance of 4.5 million kilometers (3 million miles). Gaps and regions of high transparency are seen throughout the C-ring, especially in the area closest to the opaque B-ring. Shadows of the A-, B-, and C-rings are clearly visible on the disk of Saturn. The C-ring shadow showing the gaps described above is the uppermost shadow; below this is the very black shadow of the opaque B-ring, then the Cassini Division, and at the bottom, the shadow of the A-ring.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
1998-11-13