Some neat new Hubble images of Saturn...
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/hubble_saturn_030909.html

The article says...

"The ring system is about 170,000 miles wide (274,000 kilometers) but only about 30 feet (10 meters) thick."

Only 30 feet thick!... now that boggles my mind (doesn't take a lot) It just seems difficult to believe that such a large prominent feature could be only 30 feet thick I wonder how far apart the individual particles are from each other?

Can you imagine the view if you were there, floating, orbiting, imbedded somewhere in the midst of the ring system... Holy cow what a view that would be!

<sigh>... Too many questions.... not enough time...
Tom Charlton