Saturn's Shadow Illusion
Thursday, September 29, 2016: NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this photo of Saturn's sunny side on July 21, 2016. Saturn's rings cast a shadow of curved lines on the gas giant, making the planet appear as if its lower half disintegrating from the bottom up. — Hanneke Weitering
Pandora's Cluster
Thursday, September 29, 2016: NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this photo of Saturn's sunny side on July 21, 2016. Saturn's rings cast a shadow of curved lines on the gas giant, making the planet appear as if its lower half disintegrating from the bottom up. — Hanneke Weitering