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Photo of Saturn's rings, Titan, and Enceladus

Photojournal: PIA08235

Source: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Published: August 3, 2006

Saturn's rings cut across an eerie scene that is ruled by Titan's luminous crescent and globe-encircling haze, broken by the small moon Enceladus, whose icy jets are dimly visible at its south pole. North is up.

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