Golden Rings

Golden Rings
December 17, 2004
PIA NumberPIA06424
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Golden Rings

August 19, 2004




Saturn's rings appear golden as the planet's shadow drapes across nearly the whole span of the rings. In the upper left corner is Saturn's moon Mimas.


The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL.


For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit, http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov .


Image Credit:

NASA/JPL