Cassini Image Shows Saturn Draped in a String of Pearls

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In this new image the bright pearls are actually clearings in Saturns deep cloud system. Image credit: NASAJPLUniversity of Arizona.
In this new image, the bright "pearls" are actually clearings in Saturn's deep cloud system. Image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona.

Saturn appears dressed to the nines, "wearing" a strand of "pearls" in a stunning infrared image from the Cassini spacecraft that showcases a meteorological phenomenon.


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