Voyager 1 Saturn
Voyager 1 image of Saturn and its ring taken four days after closest approach to Saturn, from a distance of 5,300, 000 km (3,300,000 miles). This viewing geometry, which shows Saturn as a crescent, is never achieved from Earth. The black strip within the rings is the Cassini Division, which contains much less orbiting ring material than elsewhere in the rings.
Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS
Image Number: PIA00335
Date: November 16, 1980
Voyager 1 Saturn
Voyager 1 image of Saturn and its ring taken four days after closest approach to Saturn, from a distance of 5,300, 000 km (3,300,000 miles). This viewing geometry, which shows Saturn as a crescent, is never achieved from Earth. The black strip within the rings is the Cassini Division, which contains much less orbiting ring material than elsewhere in the rings.
Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS
Image Number: PIA00335
Date: November 16, 1980