Wonders appear in the shadow of Saturn

Unexpected wonders appear in the shadow of Saturn. The Cassini spacecraft currently orbiting Saturn has found recently in the shadow of the giant planet for a dozen hours and took the opportunity to look in the direction of the Sun eclipsed. Cassini saw something that nobody had ever seen. First, the left side of Saturn shines in the night due to low light reflected by its majestic ring system. Then, in the image above colored heavily amplified, the rings themselves appear dark when seen in silhouette in front of Saturn, but brilliant when observed out of Saturn and slightly scattering sunlight. The rings of Saturn are so well informed that new rings have been discovered on the occasion, although it is difficult to see in the picture above. However, the E ring, which was created by the fountains of ice Enceladus recently brought to light, appears on this image in a luxury incredible details in the form of the ring farthest. Very far away, visible on the left of the image, just above the bright main rings, there is the almost negligible small blue dot on Earth.

Copyright Image: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA