Photographer captures Saturn without its iconic rings during rare planetary event

Saturn's famous rings appear to have "disappeared" from view due to a rare planetary event. It was reported that this phenomenon occurred as the ringed giant aligned edge-on with Earth for the first time since 2009. At that moment, Earth was passing through Saturn's ring plane, creating the illusion that the rings had vanished. Observers noted that this ring plane crossing was difficult for most skywatchers to experience, especially since Saturn was situated near the pre-dawn sun in mid-northern latitudes.

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