Saturn's Rings (IMAGE)

University of Colorado at Boulder

Saturn's Rings

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An artist's concept of a close-up view of Saturn's ring particles. The blue particles are composed mostly of ice and clump together to form elongated, curved aggregates, continually forming and dispersing. The space between the clumps is mostly empty. The largest individual particles shown are a few yards across.

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Image courtesy NASA/JPL/University of Colorado

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