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This backlit view from Cassini is one of the most amazing. It's not a view one can see from Earth. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/13315/in-saturns-shado

• jcims 7y ago
  Took me a minute to figure out the shadow at Saturn's equator, but it looks like the rings basically illuminate the entire planet and the shadow is just where the dust from the ring blocks the reflected light from the sun. Read an article about how Titan would possibly be a better location for humans to land first, and one of the benefits listed was that you could see Saturn's rings up close. Amen. :)
  • tabtab 7y ago
    The back rings are also in sharp shadow that happens to mostly match the shape of the planet from that angle. Re: Titan would possibly be a better location for humans to land first, and one of the benefits listed was that you could see Saturn's rings up close Titan's hazy atmosphere may make viewing Saturn itself tricky. It's debated how much it's "fogged out" and how often there are partial clearings in the haze. But at least the atmosphere can protect one from Saturn's radiation.