File:Sequence Shows Saturn's Rings Edge-On (1995-25-306).jpg

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This sequence of images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope documents a rare astronomical alignment – Saturn's magnificent ring system turned edge-on.

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English: This sequence of images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope documents a rare astronomical alignment – Saturn's magnificent ring system turned edge-on. This occurs when the Earth passes through Saturn's ring plane, as it does approximately every 15 years.
Date 5 June 1995 (upload date)
Source Sequence Shows Saturn's Rings Edge-On
Author Credit: Amanda S. Bosh (Lowell Observatory), Andrew S. Rivkin (Univ. of Arizona/LPL), the HST High Speed Photometer Instrument Team (R.C. Bless, PI), and NASA.
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Planets; Saturn; Solar System; Planetary Rings

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Public domain This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA and ESA. NASA Hubble material (and ESA Hubble material prior to 2009) is copyright-free and may be freely used as in the public domain without fee, on the condition that only NASA, STScI, and/or ESA is credited as the source of the material. This license does not apply if ESA material created after 2008 or source material from other organizations is in use.
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