Saturn's rings cast a dramatic shadow separating the blues and greens of the planet's northern hemisphere from the creamy pastels coloring the southern hemisphere. This mosaic combines 6 images-2 each of red, green and blue spectral filters-to create this natural color view.
Saturn’s rings cast a dramatic shadow separating the blues and greens of the planet’s northern hemisphere from the creamy pastels coloring the southern hemisphere.
This mosaic combines 6 images-2 each of red, green and blue spectral filters-to create this natural color view. The images were obtained with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Dec. 30, 2008 at a distance of approximately 750,000 miles from Saturn and at a Sun-Saturn-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 30 degrees. Image scale is 42 miles per pixel.Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute