Caption: Cassini captures Rhea and Saturn's rings. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
The stunning images just keep coming from Cassini. Here's a collection of three recent images. Above, Saturn's moon Rhea teams up with the planet's rings, creating an image that could only come from the Saturn system. Taken on Nov. 4, 2009, Rhea's trailing hemisphere shows off its wispy terrain. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 762,000 kilometers (473,000 miles) from Rhea, with the rings farther away, off in the distance.
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