File:Saturn global view from Cassini, rings open Better Colour.png

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Description	English: Cassini captured the 30 frames required to construct this mosaic on 23 July 2008, from a distance of about a million kilometers. About a year before Saturn's equinox, the ring shadows have shifted from where they were early in Cassini's mission to a fat arc a little above the equator.
Date	2012/09/10
Source	https://www.planetary.org/space-images/saturn_globe_rings_open_ugodan
Author	NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / color composite by Gordan Ugarkovic
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