Saturn eclipsing the Sun!

[iceman]

Wow, what an amazing image of Saturn on APOD today, taken by the orbiting Cassini spacecraft.

It shows the shadowed side of Saturn eclipsing the Sun. It gives a spectacular view of the rings quite unlike any i've seen.

Well worth checking out.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061016.html

[janoskiss]

Interesting. But it would be nice to see what it really looks like, without the "exaggerated colour" processing.

[jjjnettie]

Who would have thought that it would look like that.
I rate that shot on par with the one they took of Jupiter, looking up from the south pole.

[robagar]

What a great image! The E-ring made up of stuff from Enceladus is incredible :)

btw the unexaggerated version is at http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08329

[ballaratdragons]

Eerie! It looks so wierd. Lovely, but wierd.

I like the way you can see Earth in the background! 'Hi Mum, can you see me waving?' :hi:

[Lee]

It looks a bit fake though, like it was done in some CAD program..... I'd like to see a more natural pic too.....

[Blue Fire]

You can see different versions of the image, enhanced, nonenhanced, etc. here (http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=698).