“Now, move the paper down towards the ground ... the planet will reach opposition—an alignment opposite the sun that offers the best time for viewing. The rings will gradually come back ...

those eager to photograph the famous rings will be in for surprise as they will vanish from public view due to optical illusion, according to a report in Metro. Saturn isn't in perfect alignment ...

Although Saturn's rings are 175,000 miles wide, they are only over half a mile thick, and when Saturn 'tilts' in alignment with Earth, the rings appear to vanish. READ MORE: Northern Lights across ...

And this optical illusion shared online is a case in point. It is about two rings rotating in the anti-clockwise direction, but one of them appears to rotate faster. The image, taken from the ...