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Image taken by the ISS in 2004 as Cassini was approaching Saturn. It was summer in the south, and the sunlight was driving a rich hydrocarbon chemistry. Temperatures were 10–20 K warmer in the south. The north was mostly shielded from sunlight, and the skies were blue, as shown by the sliver of atmosphere visible above the ring (PIA05389)
