Blemished by Mimas

A pastel crescent of Saturn is interrupted by the moon Mimas and the rings in this color image.



Mimas (396 kilometers, or 246 miles across) appears as a dark speck just above the rings. This view looks toward the northern, sunlit side of the rings from just above the ringplane.

Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters were combined to create this natural color view. The images were obtained with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Oct. 27, 2009 at a distance of ap [...]

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