Cassini sends us another beauty

Sweet... Mimas passes in front of Dione in this image from Cassini. But photography can be deceptive, especially when the distances and lenses are as long as these. The whole of Saturn lies between these moons, who are a quarter of a million miles apart.

"Dione's night side is dimly lit by reflected light from Saturn. Much of the planet's sunlit side would be visible from the dark terrain seen here on Dione.

Saturn's shadow stretches across the rings at the bottom of the image." [JPL]