Saturn Color Variation

Saturn Color Variation
December 16, 2004
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This enhanced-color image was created by combining three images taken
through ultraviolet, violet and green filters on July 12, 1981.
Several changes were apparent in Saturn's atmosphere since Voyager 1's November 1980
encounter, and the planet's rings had brightened considerably due to the higher sun angle. Voyager 2 was 43 million kilometers
(27 million miles) from Saturn when it took this photograph.
(P-23880)