Saturn Rings II Size:24" x 24" (61 cm x 61 cm) in the background

in the background

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visible and infrared light (spanning wavelengths from 338 to 930 nanometers) were combined to create the individual frames

These eruptions are usually caused by a release of powerful magnetic forces

thick clouds of hydrogen gas and dust have survived longer than their surroundings in the face of a blast of ultraviolet light from the hot

Saturn Rings II Size:24" x 24" (61 cm x 61 cm) in the backgroundAcross the expanse of Saturn's rings, the Cassini spacecraft spies two small moons in consort. Atlas (32 kilometers, or 20 miles across) is seen exterior to the bright outer edge of the A ring. Daphnis (7 kilometers, or 4. 3 miles across), below Atlas in this view, orbits Saturn within the narrow Keeler Gap. The presence of Daphnis is revealed by the waves it raises in the ring material surrounding it on the edges of the gap. Daphnis and its waves