PIA06098: Wide View of Saturn's F Ring

Wide View of Saturn's F Ring
Target Name: Saturn
Mission: Cassini
Spacecraft: Cassini Orbiter
Instrument: Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Product Size: 1024 samples x 1024 lines
Produced By: CICLOPS/Space Science Institute
Full-Res TIFF: PIA06098.tif (311.1 kB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA06098.jpg (25.89 kB)
Medium-Res JPEG: PIA06098_modest.jpg (23.96 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image:

This is one of the first images taken of Saturn's F ring by the Cassini spacecraft after it successfully entered Saturn's orbit. It was taken by the spacecraft's wide angle camera and shows the sunlit side of the rings.


Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute


Image and caption provided by the Planetary Photojournal -- PIA06098