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Saturn with Rhea and Dione, Voyager 2
NASA's Voyager 2 took this "true color" photograph of Saturn on July 21, 1981, when the spacecraft was million kilometers (21 million miles) from the planet. Two bright, presumably convective cloud patterns are visible in the mid-northern hemisphere and several dark spoke-like features can be seen in the broad B-ring (left of planet). The moons Rhea and Dione appear as blue dots to the south and southeast of Saturn, respectively. Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Saturn on August 25, 1981.
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