Cassini at Saturn - New video and image

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Saturn's shadow stretches completely across the rings in this view, taken on Jan. 19, 2007 and released March 1. It's a natural-color view taken from about 764,000 miles (1.2 million kilometer) away. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Cassini’s Crossing
The Cassini spacecraft sees this view of Saturn's rings twice per orbit. Watch for moons large and small! Credit: CICLOPS / NASA/ ESA


"Finally, here are the views that we've waited years for," said Carolyn Porco, Cassini imaging team leader at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo. "Sailing high above Saturn and seeing the rings spread out beneath us like a giant, copper medallion is like exploring an alien world we've never seen before. It just doesn't look like the same place. It's so utterly breath-taking, it almost gives you vertigo."

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