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Only the planet and its distant (unseen) moon cast shadows on the rings. I could move the spaceship down to eliminate the illusion of it casting a shadow. The rings are artificial and the colored patterns are generated by force projectors on the surface of the planet.
The backstory is that this is a very important and prosperous planetary system, possibly the capital of a galactic government. Since all incoming traffic must pass by one of these planets (for security scanning) the gateworlds must be suitably impressive, demonstrating both artistic sense and technological power.
--Nick
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