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Originally Posted by Robert_T
I have noticed this too - thought it was just my imagination, but on reflection expect it is because saturn has a lot of sharp divisions of contrast that are more easily detected with the eye (eg the globe, the rings, the globe shadow on the rings the ring divisions etc )and that these transitions of/in shading are generally sharper and more contrasty that the shade transitions on the other planets - what you think?
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Thats probably it, along with the fact that the features are all linear in nature and probably easier to pick up with the eye for that reason.
I know I can visually see discrete steps in brightness in the innermost rings, but only a few of the best Saturn images posted here have captured this.
