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	Crescent Saturn

book-mole

10-25-2007 12:38 PM

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<B> Crescent Saturn </B> 
<B> Credit: </B> 
<A href="http://ciclops.org/">Cassini Imaging Team</A>, 
<A href="http://www.spacescience.org/">SSI</A>, 
<A href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/">JPL</A>, 
<A href="http://www.esa.int/">ESA</A>,
<A href="http://www.nasa.gov/ ">NASA</A>
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<B> Explanation: </B>
Saturn never shows a crescent phase -- from Earth.  
But when viewed from beyond, the 
<A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn">majestic giant planet</A> 
can show an unfamiliar diminutive sliver.
This <A href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/
PIA08388">image of crescent Saturn</A> in natural color was
taken by the robotic 
<A href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/overview/index.cfm">Cassini
spacecraft</A> in May.
The image captures 
<A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn">Saturn's
majestic rings</A> from the side of the ring plane opposite
the Sun -- the <A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050622.html">unilluminated side</A> -- another
vista not visible from Earth.
Pictured are many of Saturn's photogenic wonders, including the 
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060503.html">subtle colors</A> of 
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041102.html">cloud bands</A>, the complex 
shadows of the rings on the planet, 
the <A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040721.html">shadow of the planet</A>
on the rings, and the moons 
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050308.html">Mimas</A> (2 o'clock), 
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061107.html">Janus</A> (4 o'clock), and 
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051123.html">Pandora</A> (8 o'clock).
As Saturn moves towards 
<A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox">equinox</A> in 2009, 
the ring shadows are becoming smaller and moving toward the equator.   
During equinox, the rings will be 
<A href="http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/saturn/back.html">nearly invisible</A> 
from Earth and project only an extremely 
thin shadow <A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap981018.html">line</A> onto the planet.  
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