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22 Nov 2009
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Saturn is red
Saturn is red  Submitted by NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute - 17 Nov 2006
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This false-color image of two density waves in Saturn's A ring was made by the Cassini-Huygens Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph instrument. Bright areas indicate the denser regions of the rings. The bright bands in the left part of the image are the 'peaks' of a density wave caused by gravitational stirring of the rings by Saturn's moon, Janus. A smaller density wave in the right half of the image is produced by the moon Pandora.
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