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An Infrared View Of Saturn

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In honor of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's eighth anniversary, we have gift wrapped Saturn in vivid colours. Actually, this image is courtesy of the new Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), which has taken its first peek at Saturn. The false-color image - taken Jan. 4, 1998 - shows the planet's reflected infrared light. This view provides detailed information on the clouds and hazes in Saturn's atmosphere.

Credit: Erich Karkoschka (University of Arizona), and NASA/ESA

 

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Id:opo9818a
Object:Saturn
Type:Solar System
Instru-ment:NICMOS
Width:1160
Height:500

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