Did you see this? It's an artist's conception of how gravity from the tiny moon Daphnis creates ripples in Saturn's rings - created by Kevin Gill of NASA.

This image was pretty popular here, and elsewhere on the web - but people often don't come out and say from the start that it's not a photo. The actual photos are less beautiful but... hey, they're real! And the ripples look different in the photos. Let's take a look.

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@johncarlosbaez

I did see this! But, I didn't know if it was a reconstruction and if it was one how accurate it was so I didn't share it. I thought "I ought to find out if that really happens..." so I'm delighted to see this thread.

@johncarlosbaez

Sometimes cool things really do exist!