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See "Opposition Effect" and subsequent pages for an explanation of how the same phenomenon — correlated shadows — explains why Saturn's rings get so bright when that planet is in opposition (180° from the Sun relative to the Earth) ... neat!

-- Mark Zimmermann 2011-04-01 11:12 UTC

I like this!