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Description	Saturn eclipsing the sun, seen from behind from the Cassini orbiter. The image is a composite assembled from images taken by the Cassini spacecraft on 15 September, 2006. Individual rings seen include (in order, starting from most distant) E ring Pallene ring (visible very faintly in an arc just below Saturn) G ring Janus/Epimetheus ring (faint) F ring (narrow brightest feature) Main rings (A,B,C) D ring (bluish, nearest Saturn) For a detailed description, see http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08329 and http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=698.
Source	http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08329 (compressed version of http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/tiff/PIA08329.tif)
Date	September 15, 2006
Author	NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Permission	Public domain
Other versions	Image:Saturn eclipse exaggerated.jpg (exaggerated color)

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This image was selected as a picture of the day for January 21, 2007. It was captioned as followed:

English: Eclipse of the Sun by Saturn

Deutsch: Sonnenfinsternis durch den Saturn, gesehen von der Raumsonde Cassini

Français : Eclipse de soleil par Saturne.

Español: Eclipse solar por Saturno.

Česky: Zatmění Slunce Saturnem

Cymraeg: Diffyg ar yr Haul gan y blaned Sadwrn.

Deutsch: Sonnenfinsternis durch den Saturn, gesehen von der Raumsonde Cassini

English: Eclipse of the Sun by Saturn

Esperanto: Suna eklipso pro la Saturno.

Español: Eclipse solar por Saturno.

Suomi: Saturnus auringon edessä Cassini-avaruusluotaimelta katsottuna

Français : Eclipse de soleil par Saturne.

Galego: Eclipse de sol por Saturno

Magyar : A Nap a Szaturnusz takarásában.

Italiano: Eclissi di Sole per Saturno.

日本語: 土星による日食

Polski: Zaćmienie Słońca przez Saturna.

Русский: Затмение Солнца Сатурном.

Српски / Srpski: Сатурн помрачује Сунце

Svenska: Solförmörkelse där solen skyms av Saturnus.

简体中文: 由土星引起的日食

繁體中文: 由土星引起的日食

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