Saturn's Rings Fade -- Animated Gif (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Saturn's Rings Fade -- Animated Gif

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An artist's impression of how Saturn may look in the next hundred million years. The innermost rings disappear as they rain onto the planet first, very slowly followed by the outer rings.

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NASA/Cassini/James O'Donoghue

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