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[The BA:] 'It’s amazing!'
Repeating that image, and several more of the rings illuminated from the edge:

Planetary Society Blog: Canto III: Hints of Equinox

When the chunkier stuff casts long shadows on the rings, it really stands out.

For instance, Tethys' Truncated Shadow:

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Colossal vertical structures in Saturn's rings are brought into stark relief for the first time in images made possible by Saturn's approach to its August equinox.

In an analysis published online today in the Astronomical Journal, imaging scientists use the long shadows cast by newly revealed 3-dimensional waves on the edges of the Keeler gap in Saturn's outer A ring to illustrate how the small moon Daphnis, embedded in the gap, can create such soaring vertical structures.
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Well i've just read that Cassini was to observe a giant lake during the last flyby...any idea when we might get to see some images from it?
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More shadows. The pictures just keep getting better!
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Yes! Indeed!
I have no words for them. Whatever I say would sound pedestrian.
But I thank you guys, Carolyn Porco and her great team!

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Universe Today: New Equinox Stunners From Cassini



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