Saturn’s rings and shadows

epa03308417 A handout photo made available 16 July 2012 and produced by the Cassini-Huygens mission, a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, shows a shadow cast by Saturn’s moon Tethys across the A ring as Saturn’s own shadow block light from the lower part of the rings (Bottom-R). Cassini captured the view at a distance of approximately 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers) from Saturn. EPA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute EDITORIAL USE ONLY