To: ml/nj
those aren't cloud bands, they are the shadows of the rings projected onto the planet's atmosphere
8 posted on
01/21/2006 12:33:45 PM PST by
bravo whiskey
(everybody's shot. drive the truck)
To: bravo whiskey; ml/nj
those aren't cloud bands, they are the shadows of the rings projected onto the planet's atmosphere You beat me to the post on the answer, but I have to chime in and say that what the picture really is of is really quite amazing.
Ansel Adams has to be loving this stuff!
9 posted on
01/21/2006 12:41:10 PM PST by
Phsstpok
(There are lies, damned lies, statistics and presentation graphics, in descending order of truth)
To: bravo whiskey; Phsstpok
those aren't cloud bands, they are the shadows of the rings projected onto the planet's atmosphere I don't know.
You can see how the shadow of the rings falls pretty clearly in the photo at the upper-left in the post that begins this thread.
Maybe this is due to different times in Saturn's day?
ML/NJ
10 posted on
01/21/2006 1:27:35 PM PST by
ml/nj
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