By John Roach
A new image from Cassini orbiter offers a delightful view looking over the South Polar region of Saturn's moon Dione's icy Moon Rhea into the distance, seemingly balanced on the rings of Saturn.
Rings of Saturn are closest to Cassini of Dione, obscuring the view of the South of Dione, according to an image Advisory. The image was taken in visible light with the acute angle camera of Cassini on January 11, 2011. The spacecraft was approximately 38,000 miles from Rea and 574,000 by Dione.
The composition is similar to the famous photo of Earthrise, NASA has done as the Apollo 8 crew swung around the moon on Christmas eve of 1968 and captured their planet suspended in the sky black. That image is credited for helping to trigger the environmental movement on Earth. What will Cassini image for Dione?
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