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["Tom Polakis" <polakis@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Jeff.  The level of deatil on Saturn in the Cassini image is
similar to that shown by a 10-inch and a digital camera here on Earth. 
But take one look at the shadow of the planet on the rings, and you can
tell something's "wrong" about the lighting.

Tom



> FYI:
>
> Cassini has sighted Saturn, and today the Imaging Team is
> releasing a color composite image of the planet and its moon,
> Titan, taken from a distance of  285 million kilometers....twice
> the distance from the Sun to the Earth.
>
> The new release is posted on the Imaging Team's website at
>
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