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Bright Spokes [1]

Bright "spokes" radiate through Saturn's rings in this image from the Cassini spacecraft. The most likely explanation is that the spokes are made of tiny grains of dust. The particles acquire an electric charge, so they levitate above the rings, pulled along by Saturn’s magnetic field. [NASA/JPL/SSI]
 

Moon and Saturn
bright spokes in Saturn's rings
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