Saturn’s rings: A panoramic perspective

Sailing high above Saturn, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft recently made this sweeping portrait of the icy rings that girdle the planet.

to watch a movie showing Cassini’s varying perspectives of the rings as it flies from south to north, crossing the ring plane. Space Science Institute, JPL/NASA

Space Science Institute, JPL/NASA

Space Science Institute, JPL/NASA

“It’s a view that no human has had before, nor a spacecraft,” says Cassini scientist Carolyn Porco of the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.