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Saturn's Northern Hemisphere

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Saturn's northern hemisphere appears blue in this natural-color photograph taken by Cassini in December 2004. During its four-year tour of Saturn, Cassini will complete 74 orbits of the ringed planet and 44 close flybys of the moon Titan.
Photograph courtesy NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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