Weird gas planet "mushroom" atmosphere

[Frankymole]

What's happening here?

 

[Frankymole]

What it actually looks like:

Whew, thought I was going mad.

 

[Jaden Capek]

Looks like you got the perfect angle of the rings to make the planet look insane.

 

[Frankymole]

A cosmic light fitting.

 

[Sapyx]

I've seen it numerous times: the ring-plane is almost, but not directly, in line with your ship - so you see some of the rings occulting part of the planet.

That's a still photo, but in the live-action shot, you'd have seen the rings moving.