Saturn Rings II Size:24" x 24" (61 cm x 61 cm) Saturn was large enough that

Saturn was large enough that two narrow angle camera images were required to capture an end-to-end view of the planet

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

Seen from our planet

There is simply no better way to absorb the significance of this image than to have it displayed in large format

Saturn Rings II Size:24" x 24" (61 cm x 61 cm) Saturn was large enough thatAcross 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