Departing Saturn
January 15, 2005
Voyager 1 looked back at Saturn on November 16, 1980, four days after the spacecraft flew past the planet, to observe the appearance of Saturn and its rings from this unique perspective. A few of the spokelike ring features discovered by Voyager appear in the rings as bright patches in this image, taken at a distance of 5.3 million kilometers (3.3 million miles) from the planet. Saturn's shadow falls upon the rings, and the bright Saturn crescent is seen through all but the densest portion of the rings.
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Environment, Voyager program, Saturn, United States, Saturn Voyager, Rings of Uranus, Voyager 1, Rings of Saturn, Moons of Saturn, Planetary ring, Planet
