Saturn & its rings, photographed on November 16, 1980, by the Voyager 1 spacecraft, from a distance of 5.3 million kilometres. The photo was taken 4 days after the craft had flown past the planet & it therefore shows the rings from the far side. Saturns shadow falls on the rings at left, but the bright crescent of the planet itself is seen through all but the densest portion of the rings.
