Saturn's rings. Artwork of the rings of Saturn, as seen from Saturn's upper cloud layers. The Sun is seen shining through the rings. The most visible

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Saturn's rings. Artwork of the rings of Saturn, as seen from Saturn's upper cloud layers. The Sun is seen shining through the rings. The most visible of Saturn's rings extend outwards from the gas giant planet for around 120,000 kilometres. The rings, which are only about one kilometre thick, consist of millions of chunks of rock and ice. Saturn's atmosphere is mostly hydrogen and helium. Its clouds are coloured by traces of methane. A large storm cloud is at centre right.

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Size: 3717px × 4713px
Photo credit: © RICHARD BIZLEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: artwork, atmosphere, atmospheric, cloud, clouds, cumulonimbus, ice, ices, illustration, layers, meteorological, meteorology, methane, planet, planetary, ring, ringed, rings, saturn, saturnian, science, shining, solar, space, storm, storms, sun, system, thunderstorm, upper, weather