Tuesday, February 2, 2010

NASA Prometheus acting on Saturn's Rings

The effects of the small moon Prometheus loom large on two of Saturn's rings in this image released by NASA.
The gravity of Prometheus periodically creates streamer-channels in the F ring.The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera.
The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 1.8 million kilometres (1.1 million miles) from Saturn

Picture: AFP/GETTY / NASA

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