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Saturn Blocks Out The Sunlight

By Charliejane Published January 22, 2008, 5:30 pm ET

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This is a total eclipse of the sun by Saturn, as seen by NASA’s Cassini space probe. I totally want this image painted on black velvet. This famous image is just one of the photos that Cassini Imaging Team leader Carolyn Porco showed off during her talk about Saturn and its moons, now online at TED. [TED, via Runaway Pancake]

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