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March 17, 2014

The Crescent Saturn

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Saturn, which appears as only a thin, lit crescent, broken only by the shadows of its rings, poses for the Cassini spacecraft cameras. This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 42 degrees below the ringplane.

Posted by gerardvanderleun at March 17, 2014 4:31 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Magnificent

Posted by: DeAnn at March 18, 2014 5:09 AM

For a second I thought it was the face one of the members of Daft Punk.

Posted by: Gottafang at March 18, 2014 5:26 AM

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