Edge-on Saturn

"Saturn's whirling vortices and feathery cloud bands are the signs of a restless world. Cassini captured this arresting view of the giant planet scored by bold shadows cast by the rings. The rings are seen edge-on in this dramatic, artfully tilted scene.

"The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on March 6, 2005, at a distance of approximately 1.7 million kilometers (1 million miles)."