Planetary Bodies
 
 
Close up of the rings of Saturn illuminated by the Sun See also
Orbital view of the particles in the rings of Uranus
Watery plumes erupting from fissures in the ice on Enceladus
A clip of the countless boulders that make up the rings of Saturn.
Saturn's Rings (2008)  We hover above the equatorial plane of Saturn in this artistic impression, the spectacular rings illuminated by the distant Sun. The rings are made of countless icy fragments, mostly small but some as large as a house. It is their icy coverings that make them so reflective and brilliant in the Sun's glare.