Thursday, August 30, 2007

Saturn's rings and three moons

three moonsSaturn and its rings show off three moons in this photo from Cassini, taken edge-on to the rings with the shadows across the northern hemisphere.

Titan is the large one above the ringplane. "Next" to it is Enceladus, actually on the other side of the rings and much closer to Cassini, and bright, so bright. The third moon is much harder to see (you'll probably have to select the image for a larger view) - tiny Epimetheus is out at the far left of the shot, outside the rings and level with them.

Check out the Cassini site for details.

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