Long Day Journey into Night
NASA Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn shadow cutting sharply across its rings as the orbits of ring particles carry them suddenly from day to night. With no atmosphere to scatter light, shadows in space are much darker than were used to here on Earth.
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PIA14659
Date Created
May 6, 2013
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JPL
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