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Waveform Audio File Format  |  1998-10-23  |  423.8 KB  |  1 channel  |  22,050 sample rate  |  38 seconds
Transcription: Saturn's rings are made up of millions of icy particles ranging in size from microscopic dust grains to blocks the size of a house. It's a complex system and we have to admit that we don't yet fully understand it. From a good distance only a few bright rings are visible, separated by dark gaps. Close for inspection shows that there are thousands of very narrow rings rather like grooves on an LP. The spaces between the rings are anything but empty. Moreover there are eccentric rings, which are totally unexpected. These rings seem to branch out into intertwined ropes, and some of these even show ...