Pan, moon of Saturn, close up

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On March 7th, Cassini delivered the photos to date of the little ring-sweeping moon Pan. Details of the moon:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(moon)

Best of Pan before. The grayish left and right borders are the rings.


Pan seen through the rings:

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And now Pan seen in March 2017 with ring duff piled around its waist:


And from another angle:

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This seems to be a pile of snow or ice, accumulated along the equator as Pan moves through the Ring material. There is a similar ring on Iapetus, but it looks smaller because of Iapetus is a much larger moon.