April 2006

Astronomers combined ultraviolet images of Saturn's southern polar region with visible-light images of the planet and its rings to make this picture. The auroral display appears blue because of the glow of ultraviolet light.

Credit:
NASA, ESA, J. Clarke (Boston University, USA), and Z. Levay (STScI)

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