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Ring Backdrop Saturn moon Enceladus brightly reflects sunlight before a backdrop of the planet rings and the rings shadows cast onto the planet. NASA Cassini spacecraft captured this snapshot during its flyby of the moon on Nov. 30, 2010. More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA12747 Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute #enceladus #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

Symmetry in Shadow Magnificent blue and gold Saturn floats obliquely as one of its gravity-bound companions, Dione, hangs in the distance. The darkened rings seem to nearly touch their shadowy reverse images on the planet below More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA08358 Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute #saturn #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics