Freedman & Kaufmann, Universe

Figure 36.29 Saturn's rings.

Details of Saturn's rings are visible in this Voyager 2 photograph. The rings are actually composed of thousands of closely spaced ringlets. The colors are exaggerated by computer processing to show the ringlets more clearly. (NASA/JPL)

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