A Complex Crescent

NASA's image library records A Complex Crescent.

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

The tilted crescent of Saturn displays lacy cloud bands here along with a bright equatorial region and threadlike ring shadows on the northern hemisphere

SERENDIPITYA little unexpected

FamiliarWeird

A CLOSER LOOK

The tilted crescent of Saturn displays lacy cloud bands here along with a bright equatorial region and threadlike ring shadows on the northern hemisphere

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FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE

NASA Image and Video LibraryA Complex Crescent

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