January 4 2015
Crescent Rhea Occults Crescent Saturn
This picture appealed to me because I viewed it as being mysterious. Mystery can be viewed as both dark and interesting. This picture shows some of the little known parts of the universe as compared to the mass amounts of unknown objects in space. This picture shows the crescent phases of Saturn and its moon Rhea. It was taken a few years ago in color by the Cassini spacecraft. It was looking back towards the Sun as it was taking this picture. This picture is only one frame out of a sixty frame movie. In the movie Rhea can be seen gliding in front of Saturn. Since Cassini was almost parallel to Saturn's rings, they only appeared here as a thin line.
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