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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)
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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)
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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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