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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 5717881" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/sat_04_20/s01_8088_100.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />This natural color mosaic was acquired by the Cassini spacecraft as it soared 39 degrees above the unilluminated side of Saturn's rings. Little light makes its way through the rings to be scattered in Cassini's direction in this viewing geometry, making the rings appear somewhat dark compared to the reflective surface of Saturn (120,536 km/74,898 mi across). The view combines 45 images taken over the course of about two hours, as Cassini scanned across the entire main ring system. The images in this view were obtained on May 9, 2007 at a distance of approximately 1.1 million kilometers (700,000 miles) from Saturn. (NASA/JPL/SSI)</blockquote>

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