Comparison of the Mid-Infrared Images of Saturn's Rings. (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Comparison of the Mid-Infrared Images of Saturn's Rings.

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Comparison of the mid-infrared images of Saturn's rings on April 30, 2005 (top) and Jan. 23, 2008 (bottom). Although both of the images were taken in the mid-infrared, the radial contrast of Saturn's rings is the inverse of each other.

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