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The zodiacal light, most likely.
Along the plane of the elliptic (the plane on which the vast bulk of the moons, planets and asteroids orbit) is a layer of dust and small particles - essentially what is left of the primordial dust cloud that formed the solar system in the first place. If the sun is hidden (as it is in this picture by the planet Saturn), you can see the dust cloud lit up by the sun.
In certain viewing conditions, it can be seen from earth as well.
Along the plane of the elliptic (the plane on which the vast bulk of the moons, planets and asteroids orbit) is a layer of dust and small particles - essentially what is left of the primordial dust cloud that formed the solar system in the first place. If the sun is hidden (as it is in this picture by the planet Saturn), you can see the dust cloud lit up by the sun.
In certain viewing conditions, it can be seen from earth as well.
Eric Mc said:
The zodiacal light, most likely.
Along the plane of the elliptic (the plane on which the vast bulk of the moons, planets and asteroids orbit) is a layer of dust and small particles - essentially what is left of the primordial dust cloud that formed the solar system in the first place. If the sun is hidden (as it is in this picture by the planet Saturn), you can see the dust cloud lit up by the sun.
In certain viewing conditions, it can be seen from earth as well.
Cheers for that.Along the plane of the elliptic (the plane on which the vast bulk of the moons, planets and asteroids orbit) is a layer of dust and small particles - essentially what is left of the primordial dust cloud that formed the solar system in the first place. If the sun is hidden (as it is in this picture by the planet Saturn), you can see the dust cloud lit up by the sun.
In certain viewing conditions, it can be seen from earth as well.
(Couldn't work out if the illumination was local to Saturn and part of it's system or not).
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