NASA Cassini Image: Saturn's Southern Winter Approaches

Credit: NASA /JPL-Caltech /Space Science Institute

The shadows of Saturn's rings slide farther southward as Saturn approaches southern winter (or northern summer). 

Saturn now lies almost exactly halfway between its equinox (August 2009) and southern winter solstice (in May 2017). 

This view centers on an area at 22 degrees south latitude on Saturn. 

Cassini spacecraft took the image with its wide-angle camera on May 6, 2013.